Who avoids climate news? Exploring individual-level drivers across eight countries

Waqas EjazReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, Hong Tien VuCenter for Environmental Journalism, Department of Journalism, College of Communication, Design and Information, University of Colorado Boulder, Richard FletcherReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on October 03, 2025

Abstract

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Climate news avoidance remains understudied, often assumed to follow the same patterns as general news avoidance. This cross-country study explores associations with climate news avoidance across eight countries (the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil,...