For our first meeting of the new year, I’m happy to share the first paper of the INEQNEWS project.

In this paper, Antonis and I (with input of other members of the INEQNEWS team) have been working to develop a new quantitative scale we title “News is Not Made for Me.” This scale taps at the attitude/sentiment that people may hold that journalists are not speaking to them when they write the news - whether that be because the language is too complex, the stories are irrelevant, the news moves too fast, or some related reason. This scale will hopefully contribute to the field of journalism studies (and beyond) by identifying a unique factor that influences news consumption, avoidance, knowledge, and belief in misinformation.

We are still working on some minor edits to the page,r but it is nearly complete. We are aiming to send it to Journalism as our first choice journal by the end of the month. 

We would love feedback on:

• Readability of the manuscript, particularly for those who have different research backgrounds than we employ
• Internal consistency of the manuscript and justification of the research (does it make sense from top to bottom?)
• More points that we can emphasize in our discussion

And, of course, any other feedback you have is welcome.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week to talk about the paper!

Courtney