According to a 2023 survey, 75 percent of respondents from Finland who often avoided news were attempting to avoid news about the war in Ukraine. Audiences in neighboring Slovakia and Hungary were also trying to avoid news about the war, whereas U.S. consumers, the furthest away geographically, were the least likely to do so.
News avoiders who try to avoid news about the war in Ukraine in selected countries worldwide as of February 2023
among those who sometimes or often avoid news and specific news topics
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Sample size for each country was as follows: United Kingdom: 260, United States: 231, Germany: 210, Finland: 203, Poland: 320, Czechia: 243, Hungary: 228, Romania: 226, Slovakia: 226, Bulgaria: 360, Turkey: 292.
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Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. (June 14, 2023). News avoiders who try to avoid news about the war in Ukraine in selected countries worldwide as of February 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392727/ukraine-war-news-avoidance/
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