Too Much Information? A Longitudinal Analysis of Information Overload and Avoidance of Referendum Information Prior to Voting Day

被引:4
作者
Metag, Julia [1 ]
Gurr, Gwendolin [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Munster, Dept Commun, Bispinghof 9-14, D-48143 Munster, Germany
[2] Univ Fribourg, Dept Commun & Media Res DCM, Fribourg, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
news overload; news avoidance; referendum news exposure; POLITICAL CYNICISM; NEWS CONSUMPTION; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; MEDIA; IMPACT; COMMUNICATION; EXPOSURE; CONVERSATION; PERCEPTIONS; PREDICTORS;
D O I
10.1177/10776990221127380
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Previous research has mostly ignored that citizens could experience information overload from a single issue extensively covered in the news. Especially when it comes to issues upon which citizens decide directly in a referendum, overload and avoidance would be problematic from a democracy theory perspective. This study investigates overload and avoidance at the issue level based on a three-wave panel survey on a referendum in Switzerland and finds weak information overload at the aggregate level. However, citizens become increasingly overloaded during the period of extensive news coverage which leads to avoidance of news on the issue but not of interpersonal discussions.
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页码:646 / 667
页数:22
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