“You can’t finish a news feed, but you can finish Zetland, and that is just very nice, you know: ‘OK, that was the lesson for today, now I’m off out in the sun, talking to a friend.'”
“News avoidance appeared to be a strategic choice to conserve both emotional energy and time, in order to better fulfill demanding responsibilities, especially caretaking.””
The appeal of Twitter for reporters is well known, but it’s worth spelling out: The benefits we get from it, real as they are, come at the cost of constant partial attention, all day and all night.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "A year in fake news, and what to look forward to (or how to tune out) in 2018." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Dec. 2017. Web. 30 Jan. 2023.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, Dec. 15). A year in fake news, and what to look forward to (or how to tune out) in 2018. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/a-year-in-fake-news-and-what-to-look-forward-to-or-how-to-tune-out-in-2018/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "A year in fake news, and what to look forward to (or how to tune out) in 2018." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 15, 2017. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/a-year-in-fake-news-and-what-to-look-forward-to-or-how-to-tune-out-in-2018/.
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