More Swiss turning away from news, report finds

More people in Switzerland are actively avoiding the news, a study suggests. Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here. According to the Reuters Digital News Report published on Monday, 36% of Swiss people refrain from consuming news at least some of the time. This is three percentage points more than last year, it said. But compared to before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, this represents an increase of 10%. The figures for Switzerland were compiled by the Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society (FÖG) at the University of Zurich. + Traditional media continue their decline in Switzerland Swiss people with a lower level of education tend to avoid the news more than those with a medium or higher level of education. The proportion of "news avoiders" is also higher among women (39%) than among men (33%), the researchers found. There are also differences in age. About a third of people under 25 and over 55 stated that they avoid news often or occasionally ...