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American Press Institute / Alex Curry / Mar 11, 2020
“The researchers asked participants if they consume news to keep up to date on current topics, to be entertained, to promote personal growth, and to help them make decisions. It turned out that none of these motivations were tied to a person’s willingness to pay for news.” What was? Whether “they consumed news to fit in socially.”
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