Detected on Sunday 25 October, 08h00

A study measures the growing 'informational fatigue' among French people

The third wave of a survey by the Observatoire Société & Consommation and the Fondation Jean Jaurès indicates that 55% of French people seek to protect themselves from information by engaging less with it. The authors highlight the risks of this withdrawal for democratic debate.

Category: Society
Severity: Info
Place: National
Detected: 25 Oct, 08h00
Updated: 25 Oct, 08h00
Reference: no.117

Who is covering it, and from what angle

Method

1Left

1Right

2 articles · 2 sources · 2 bords sur 3 · outlets: left 1, centre 0, right 1

Angle comparison

Both sides cite the figure of 55% of French people seeking to protect themselves from information, but Le Monde emphasizes the risk to democratic debate, while Breizh-Info adds other figures and criticizes the study's interpretation.

Left

Le Monde notes that 'informational fatigue' is increasingly affecting French people and cites the figure of 55% of people engaging less in searching for and consulting information. The article highlights the risk this withdrawal poses for democratic debate.

Centre

No coverage from this side.

Right

Breizh-Info highlights figures of 39% of people 'very fatigued' and 74% limiting or voluntarily ceasing to follow the news at least occasionally. The headline also describes the study's reading as 'very biased'.

Common points

=The figure of 55% of French people concerned by informational fatigue is shared.
=Both articles refer to the third wave of the survey.
=The survey is associated with the Fondation Jean Jaurès.

Divergences

≠Le Monde stresses the risk to democratic debate, a point absent from Breizh-Info's excerpt.
≠Breizh-Info adds figures of 39% of people 'very fatigued' and 74% limiting or ceasing to follow the news, absent from the Monde excerpt.
≠Breizh-Info describes the study's reading as 'very biased', while the Monde excerpt does not make this criticism.

Written by an AI from headlines and extracts only · 25 Oct, 13h50

Read sources · 2 articles, 2 sources

Publication order

05h28
Breizh-InfoFar rightOpinion25 Oct
Les Français fatigués et saturés de l’information : une étude intéressante, une lecture très orientée
55 % des Français souffrent de fatigue informationnelle, et 39 % se disent même très fatigués. 74 % limitent ou cessent volontairement, au moins de temps en temps, de suivre l’actualité. Ces chiffres sont tirés de la 3e vague de l’Observatoire de la fatigue informationnelle, publiée par la Fondation Jean-Jaurès avec l’institut L’ObSoCo, la chaîne […]
08h00
Le MondeCentre-leftAnalysis25 Oct
La « fatigue informationnelle » touche de plus en plus de Français
La troisième vague de l’enquête de L’Observatoire Société & Consommation et de la Fondation Jean Jaurès fait apparaître que 55 % des Français cherchent désormais à se protéger de l’information, en s’impliquant moins dans sa recherche et sa consultation. Ce qui n’est pas sans risque pour le débat démocratique.

A study measures the growing 'informational fatigue' among French people

Who is covering it, and from what angle

Read sources · 2 articles, 2 sources

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