
A mental health plan for when the News is overwhelming
The Blindboy Podcast
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What Is the Business of News Media?
The two emotions that have the highest arousal are fear and anger. They are most likely to arouse an action of some description. And those actions tend to be a click or a share, or an argument between nowll and brandon. News media is looking for what's called high arousal emotions,. Content which elicits high arousal emotions are what gets shared most. This earns money for mediate organizations via cliks so that they make money from our data. If you run immediate organization and you want to earn money, it's a terrible system if you're trying to manage your mental health.
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