Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance
News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out.
The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the media itself. In online forums devoted to mindfulness and mental health, people discuss how to step back, from setting limits to cutting the news out entirely.
I think sometimes the underlying website doesn’t even know they’re offering it because it’s built into the blogging software. I would think it’s going to be mostly supported by sites that follow an article style blogging format… So a lot of news, but probably other bloggers too.
I’d also recommend picking a local affiliate and trying those out. I like getting news specific to my local area, and my local CBS affiliate has RSS support.
I got started with it this morning, it works great! I’m not sure what affiliates I could get but I started a mix of specialized websites/blogs as well as general news like BBC etc, the feed looks great already.
Obviously it doesn’t come with comments and that kinda sucks, since that’s the main reason I enjoy aggregators like Reddit/Lemmy in the first place but at least I now have a catered feed, let’s see if I stick with it.
Glad you were able to get started. I find the lack of news site comments to be a feature from my perspective. 😆
I come here for alternative comments to the same stories and memes.