MWITA-CC-2026-002 · Evidence A · P1
In the same 2025 survey, 40% across markets said they sometimes or often avoid news, while reported rates ranged from 63% in Bulgaria and 61% in Turkey/Croatia to 21% in Taiwan and 11% in Japan.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Question wording, online sampling and current events affect responses; avoidance does not by itself identify distrust, distress or disengagement causes.
What would change the reading
Update if repeated items move materially or country-specific qualitative work changes the interpretation.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.