Too Much News
Understanding News Saturation
Hallvard Moe author Brita Ytre-Arne author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:22nd Oct '26
£29.99
This title is due to be published on 22nd October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
We live in an age of relentless information. The news pings, scrolls and streams into every corner of daily life and for many of us, it has simply become too much.
This book explores the growing phenomenon of news saturation: why ordinary people, including regular news users, increasingly tune out, switch off and step back. Drawing on cross-disciplinary research, it reveals how information overload, doomscrolling and news fatigue are reshaping our relationship with media and democracy.
This is essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of what news means - and doesn't mean - in a digitally saturated world.
“Can you have too much of a good thing? The answer provided by Moe and Ytre-Arne’s interviewees in a landmark qualitative study of selective news avoidance is a resounding “yes”, grounded in those moments when news feels too intrusive, too trivial, too distressing, too uncertain, or too distant, also to those who are generally interested in and engaged with public affairs.”- Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Professor of Communication, University of Copenhagen
ISBN: 9781529253566
Dimensions: unknown
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176 pages