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Ruth A. Palmer

Observed names: Palmer, Ruth, Palmer, Ruth 1979-, Palmer, Ruth A., Ruth A Palmer, Ruth Palmer
Institution: IE University
Observed institution: IE University
ORCID: 0000-0002-5373-234X
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-5373-234X
OpenAlex ID: A5071232509
Explaining the Gender Gap in News Avoidance: “News-Is-for-Men” Perceptions and the Burdens of Caretaking
2018 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth A. Palmer · Journalism Studies · 226
“The Media Covers Up a Lot of Things”: Watchdog Ideals Meet Folk Theories of Journalism
2020 · Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff, et al. · Journalism Studies · 99
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Examining Assumptions Around How News Avoidance Gets Defined: The Importance of Overall News Consumption, Intention, and Structural Inequalities
2023 · Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff, et al. · Journalism Studies · 86
Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks · 76
A “Deep Story” About American Journalism: Using “episodes” to explore folk theories of journalism
2017 · Ruth A. Palmer · Journalism Studies · 46
Neither Absent nor Ambient: Incidental News Exposure From the Perspective of News Avoiders in the UK, United States, and Spain
2022 · Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff · The International Journal of Press/Politics · 32
What Does it Take to Sustain a News Habit? The Role of Civic Duty Norms and a Connection to a "News Community" Among News Avoiders in the UK and Spain
2020 · Ruth Palmer, Benjamin Toff · International journal of communication · 31
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Becoming the News: How Ordinary People Respond to the Media Spotlight
2017 · Ruth Palmer · Columbia University Press eBooks · 28
How Journalists Perceive News Avoidance: Reactions and Solutions to the Missing Audience as Boundary Work
2024 · Ruth Palmer, Stephanie Edgerly · Journalism Studies · 21
“Because the News is Depressing as Hell”: Journalists’ Explanations of News Avoidance
2024 · Ruth Palmer, Stephanie Edgerly · Digital Journalism · 17
“We Have to Stand Out to Blend In”: Ordinary Transgender People Speak About Being Subjects of News Stories
2020 · Katherine Fink, Ruth Palmer · Journalism Studies · 16
Becoming the news how ordinary people respond to the media spotlight
2018 · Palmer, Ruth 1979- · 10
The Journalist and the Murderer revisited: What interviews with journalism subjects reveal about a modern classic
2016 · Ruth A Palmer · Journalism · 8
CONTEXT MATTERS: What interviews with news subjects can tell us about accuracy and error
2011 · Ruth A. Palmer · Journalism Studies · 6
The view from the hinterland: caste, gender and press freedom in Hindi news reporting
2022 · Subin Paul, Ruth Palmer · Asian Journal of Communication · 4
Is it Just Fluff? Topics, News Values, and Normative Democratic Implications of BBC’s The Happy Pod
2025 · Ruth Palmer, Subin Paul · Journalism Studies · 2
In the Funhouse Mirror: How News Subjects Respond to their Media Reflections
2013 · Palmer, Ruth · 2
Imagined Audiences: How Journalists Perceive and Pursue the Public, Jacob L. Nelson (2021)
2021 · Ruth Palmer · International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics · 1
Folk Theories of Journalistic Authority in the Wake of the 2024 Valencia Floods
2026 · Ruth Palmer, Vincent Doyle · Digital Journalism
Acknowledgments
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
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Appendix A: Studying News Avoidance Using Interpretive Methods
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
2 Who Are Consistent News Avoiders?
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
6 Infrastructures: How Media Platforms and Pathways Shape News Avoidance
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
CONTENTS
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
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Frontmatter
2023 · Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, et al. · Columbia University Press eBooks
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Works count: 46
Citation count: 712
H-index: 11
I10-index: 12
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