Enjoyment Is Breaking News
How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)
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- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
Why we crave enjoyment from news, how our news use divides us, and what we can do to create better news and more informed citizens.
The way news is delivered has changed dramatically and so has the way we consume it. Now, we no longer look to the news just to learn and be informed; we expect enjoyment as well. In Enjoyment Is Breaking News, Jennifer Hoewe explains how and why this shift toward news enjoyment occurred and what we can do to address the information crisis we now face.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262055918 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262055910 |
| Author: | Jennifer Hoewe |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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“Hoewe delivers a brilliantly critical, yet hopeful, account of the state of news consumption and our lust for entertainment. A must-read for fans and defenders of democracy.”
—Arthur A. Raney, Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY; coeditor of Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research
“This provocative book will help scholars, news consumers, and news creators wrestle with the role of news and entertainment in a democracy.”
—Natalie Jomini Stroud, Director, Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin; author of Niche News: The Politics of News Choice
“In a media environment defined by fierce competition for attention, Hoewe incisively reveals how our desire for enjoyment reshapes our relationship with news—and why it matters for democracy.”
—Lauren Feldman, Professor of Journalism & Media Studies, Rutgers University; coauthor of A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice
Jennifer Hoewe
Jennifer Hoewe is Associate Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University, with a courtesy appointment in Purdue’s Department of Political Science. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Purdue Research in Media Effects (PRIME) Lab and Associate Director of Purdue’s Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT). She has published more than 50 scholarly journal articles and book chapters.
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