Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)

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.

TikTok. Short-form reels. Late-night TV monologues. Podcasts. 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 c...