US EditionMore than Two Thirds of Germans Avoid News
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Who wants to be constantly bombarded with bad news? Ever since the pandemic, crisis issues have dominated the headlines, from Corona to climate to war. This changes user behaviour on the Internet; people start to consciously avoid news portals. However, this does not mean that they no longer read news or are not interested in the events: quite the contrary, they only pay attention to their mental well-being. The user behavior on the web changes …
Why do people avoid news – and how bad is that? 71 percent of Germans avoid news at least occasionally – about this result of the current "Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025" have reported several media this week. But what exactly is behind this figure? How worrying is it? And what does news avoidance mean at all? Holger Klein talks about these and other questions with media scientist Julia Behre, who has evaluated the results for German…
Too many wars, too many bombs, too many problems: 70 percent of web users avoid news at least occasionally. This is a new peak. Scientists speak of "self-protection".
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