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10. Why do we doomscroll?

Why Do We Do That?

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The Effects of Media on Our Reaction to Negative Information

There is evidence, particularly from psychology, that kind of consuming an endless stream of negative information is associated with depression. We might sometimes look to media for confirmation that other people feel the way we do. It's almost invariably a complicated interaction of what I would say is biological and contextual. All the information that's coming in over the course of not just our lifetimes but our day is affecting that.

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