A global study held in 2022 found that 27 percent of respondents avoiding climate change news did so because they felt news on the subject was untrustworthy or biased, and the same share avoided climate news as they did not believe there was anything new being reported about it. Other reasons for climate change news avoidance included a negative impact on the respondent's mood, or feeling fatigued by the amount of news on the subject.
Reasons for avoiding news about climate change worldwide as of September 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
The news related to climate change is untrustworthy or biased
27%
I feel like there is nothing really new in the news related to climate change
27%
The news related to climate change has a negative effect on my mood
26%
I am worn out by the amount of news related to climate change there is these days
25%
There is too much news coverage related to climate change
22%
I don't feel like there is anything I can do with the information
22%
The news related to climate change leads me to having arguments that I’d rather avoid
16%
The news related to climate change is hard for me to follow or understand
16%
I don’t have the time for news related to climate change
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (December 1, 2022). Reasons for avoiding news about climate change worldwide as of September 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396039/climate-news-avoidance-worldwide/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2022). Reasons for avoiding news about climate change worldwide as of September 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396039/climate-news-avoidance-worldwide/
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