Until I wrote openly about Twitter addiction and completely stepped away from the platform, I didn’t realise the extent of what it was doing to my mental health.
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- Cyberpsychology & Technology
Researchers have analysed the effect of negative words on news consumption using a dataset of viral news stories from Upworthy.com.
At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone was asking ‘Should I be afraid of Covid?’
- Cyberpsychology & Technology
Bad News? Send an AI. Good News? Send a Human
by News Releaseby News ReleaseConsumers respond differently to favorable and unfavourable treatment at the hands of an AI agent versus another human.
How people consume news is different than how human brains process other types of information on a daily basis.
It can often feel difficult to escape a bad news story.
- Cyberpsychology & Technology
High Emotional Intelligence ‘Can Help to Identify Fake News’ – Reveals New Research
by News Releaseby News ReleasePeople with high levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to be susceptible to ‘fake news’, according to research at the University of Strathclyde.
- Cyberpsychology & Technology
New Research Explores Social Media Use by Young People in Conflict-Ridden Myanmar
by Psychregby PsychregFacebook and its sister app Messenger were used by 87.4% and 71.4% of Myanmar youth living in conflict-affected areas.
- Cyberpsychology & Technology
‘Liking’ an Article Online May Mean Less Time Spent Reading It, New Study Suggests
by Psychregby PsychregWhen people have the option to click ‘like’ on a media article they encounter online, they spend less time actually reading the text.
- Mental Health & Well-Being
It’s Already been Stressful This Year. Here’s How to Handle Anxiety This 2020
Those of us with anxiety continue to pick at our lips as we debate whether it would be better or worse to leave the TV on.