7 News for All the People?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Is Ignorance Bliss? 1
5. 2 Who Are Consistent News Avoiders? 28
6. 3 Why News Avoiders Say They Don’t Use News 48
7. 4 Identities: How Our Relationships to Communities Shape News Avoidance 75
8. 5 Ideologies: How Beliefs About Politics Shape News Avoidance 100
9. 6 Infrastructures: How Media Platforms and Pathways Shape News Avoidance 130
10. 7 News for All the People? 153
11. Appendix A: Studying News Avoidance Using Interpretive Methods 177
12. Appendix B: Summary Tables Describing Study Participants 197
13. Appendix C: Interview Protocols for In- Depth Interviewing 216
14. Notes 229
15. Index 261