An "ethnography" focusing on the news consumption habits of young digital consumers in six cities around the world. An "ethnography" focusing on the news consumption habits of young digital consumers in six cities around the world.

People in the study were able to articulate the imbalance of their news diet as a problem. They spoke of having trouble keeping up or finding resolution in the news. The study illustrates a contemporary news consumption model where the foundational elements for news and journalism  background and next steps  were mostly out of range. Stories "below the fold" seem in danger of becoming vestigial news organs. The logical explanation for much of the current news consumption behavior is connected to the Internet-driven, 24/7 news world. In the study, seemingly unlimited access to news, through unlimited channels, created an environment for excess. The participants in the study were consuming a steady diet of bite-size pieces of news in the form of headlines, updates and quick facts.

News consumers do have a ubiquity of news to select from at almost anytime, from anywhere on a variety of technologies and platforms?television, Internet, mobile devices, radio and more. However, the reality is that the abundance of news and ubiquity of choice do not necessarily translate into a better news environment for consumers. In fact, the consumers in this study exhibited news fatigue as they attempted to navigate an information stream that mostly dishes up recycled headlines and updates.