Brief exposure to social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Doom-scrolling has negative emotional consequences, but kindness-scrolling does not

Be mindful of your own news consumption habits - seems to be the moral here: 1. even a few minutes of exposure to COVID news on social media can have negative emotional consequences; 2. consider balancing our doom-scrolling with some kindness-scrolling via

Bad news: #doomScrolling news decreases well being and optimism. Good news? Stories about #kindness did not, and might increase your optimism. https://t.co/0q7Y9GXCjM (2/5)

Une étude publiée en octobre 2021 avait d’ailleurs bien montré que faire défiler les informations catastrophistes sur un écran avait un impact émotionnel négatif, ce qui n’est pas le cas d’une consultation d’informations positives. 8/13 https://t.co/qrXTLt

Brief exposure to social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Doom-scrolling has negative emotional consequences, but kindness-scrolling does not They ruined the local news with this type of bullshit, so now they must be planning to block all useful news