This study established a multi-item measure of news overload. It also examined the effect of media use on perceived news overload. Three findings merit notice. First, we identified multiple attributes of news overload and constructed a valid and reliable multi-item news overload measure. Second, we found active news consumption is positively related to perceived news overload whereas passive news consumption is negatively related to news overload. Third, online news was not responsible for news overload. Implications of these findings for practitioners are discussed.
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