Dominika Betakova
Biographic Data
| ID | 6715787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dominika Betakova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dominika |
| FAMILY NAME | Betakova |
| SIGNATURE | BETAKOVA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9214-7613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News Avoidance
News avoidance has become more common and is associated with negative democratic outcomes. However, only a handful of studies have explored solutions to reduce news avoidance, with nudges offering a potential approach. One of such nudges are opting-in and opting-out effects. Additionally, news avoidance research suggests that one of the most promising—yet not fully tested—digital interventions is reminding citizens of their civic duty to keep inf…
I Do Not (Want To) Know! The Relationship Between Intentional News Avoidance and Low News Consumption
News avoidance is associated with misperceptions and lower political knowledge and participation. Synthetizing the research results in differentiating between intentional news avoidance, a conscious choice, and news avoidance as low news consumption. Although these two types seem to be driven by different factors and have distinct consequences, the current research has predominantly ignored to consider this distinction and the dimensions' interpl…
Zooming in on Topics: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Motives for Selective News Avoidance
Intentional news avoidance is a common behavior that can be influenced by individual, content, and contextual factors.However, prior studies have primarily focused on general news avoidance and neglected selective avoidance of specific topics.Therefore, our study aimed to determine which topics people tend to avoid and the reasons behind this behavior.We conducted an online survey (N = 1071) with open-ended questions to gather information on topi…
Zooming in on Topics: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Motives for Selective News Avoidance
Intentional news avoidance is a common behavior that can be influenced by individual, content, and contextual factors.However, prior studies have primarily focused on general news avoidance and neglected selective avoidance of specific topics.Therefore, our study aimed to determine which topics people tend to avoid and the reasons behind this behavior.We conducted an online survey (N = 1071) with open-ended questions to gather information on topi…
I Do Not (Want To) Know! The Relationship Between Intentional News Avoidance and Low News Consumption
News avoidance is associated with misperceptions and lower political knowledge and participation. Synthetizing the research results in differentiating between intentional news avoidance, a conscious choice, and news avoidance as low news consumption. Although these two types seem to be driven by different factors and have distinct consequences, the current research has predominantly ignored to consider this distinction and the dimensions' interpl…
I Do Not (Want To) Know! The Relationship Between Intentional News Avoidance and Low News Consumption
News avoidance is associated with misperceptions and lower political knowledge and participation. Synthetizing the research results in differentiating between intentional news avoidance, a conscious choice, and news avoidance as low news consumption. Although these two types seem to be driven by different factors and have distinct consequences, the current research has predominantly ignored to consider this distinction and the dimensions' interpl…
Zooming in on Topics: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Motives for Selective News Avoidance
Intentional news avoidance is a common behavior that can be influenced by individual, content, and contextual factors.However, prior studies have primarily focused on general news avoidance and neglected selective avoidance of specific topics.Therefore, our study aimed to determine which topics people tend to avoid and the reasons behind this behavior.We conducted an online survey (N = 1071) with open-ended questions to gather information on topi…
The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News Avoidance
News avoidance has become more common and is associated with negative democratic outcomes. However, only a handful of studies have explored solutions to reduce news avoidance, with nudges offering a potential approach. One of such nudges are opting-in and opting-out effects. Additionally, news avoidance research suggests that one of the most promising—yet not fully tested—digital interventions is reminding citizens of their civic duty to keep inf…
Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Media Influence and Health (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anger (1 works) · Architecture (1 works)