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July 10, 2026Journalism & Mass Communication QuarterlyOpen Access

Educational Gaps in News Media Avoidance, 1986 to 2023. An Age–Period–Cohort Analysis

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EEErik Espeland

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Overview

This analysis finds educational gaps in news consumption patterns across age and cohorts, indicating changing media dynamics.

Key Points

  • The study aims to assess how age, media environment changes, and generational factors contribute to news media avoidance.
  • Analyzed nearly 40 years of data from Sweden
  • Examined interactions between age, cohort, and period effects
  • Identified educational gaps in news media consumption
  • Older individuals increase their news media consumption, while cohort and period effects trend oppositely.
  • Substantial educational gaps were found, with early formation during the life course.
  • The largest educational gaps were noted among individuals born in the 1970s.

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Erik Espeland (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a508cc46eeac72a437a0a40https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990261451796
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