study reveals why 60% of Kiwis avoid the news at least some of the time
- Written by Alex Beattie, Lecturer, Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Getty ImagesAre you a news avoider? Do you turn off the six o’clock TV news, scroll past headlines, skip radio bulletins – or just ignore news entirely?
If you do some or all of these things, you are not alone. A new survey shows New Zealand has some of the highest rates of news avoidance in the world.
With news media already...
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