The up-down-up pandemic news experience: A mixed-method approach to its negative and positive effects on psychological wellbeing
The up-down-up pandemic news experience: A mixed-method approach to its negative and positive effects on psychological wellbeing
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DOI：
10.1177/14648849221135137
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发表时间：
2022-11-21
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Jackson, Daniel
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文献类型：
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作者：
An Nguyen;Gluck, Antje;Jackson, Daniel
现有的研究记录了新冠肺炎疫情期间新闻消费增加的动态，同时--矛盾的是--新闻回避增加，突出了其对心理健康和情绪健康的不利影响。然而，由于方法论和理论上的原因，研究仍然缺乏关于流行病新闻直接引发哪些类型的负面心理反应，这些反应在人群中有多普遍，它们在日常生活中如何表现，以及它们的替代品是什么的具体细节。此外，几乎只关注负面影响，导致相对忽视了大流行病新闻的积极方面。这项研究采取了混合方法来解决这些差距，结合59次访谈和后续调查，在英国有代表性的2,015名成年人样本。我们发现，疫情新闻消费主要受在不确定情况下进行个性化监控的需求驱动，与疫情的严重程度和相关封锁限制同步波动。不断涌入的坏消息除了引发普遍的流行性焦虑外，还引发了许多负面情绪--即恐惧、绝望和道德沦丧（愤怒和厌恶）。这导致了日常生活的各种改变，包括避免新闻。这些不利影响被大流行期间新闻至少偶尔带给观众的安慰、快乐和希望所抵消。与会者提出了几个潜在的“好消息”类别，指出需要建设性的新闻形式，不仅为人们提供信息，而且以个人或集体的方式激励、激励和/或赋予人们权力。
Existing research has documented the dynamics of increased news consumption alongside – paradoxically – increased news avoidance during the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting its adverse effects on mental health and emotional wellbeing. However, for methodological and theoretical reasons, research still lacks specifics on what types of negative psychological responses were directly triggered by pandemic news, how prevalent they were in the population, how they manifested in daily life, and what could be the alternatives to them. Further, the almost exclusive focus on negative effects has led to a relative negligence of the positive sides of pandemic news. This study takes a mixed-method approach to address these gaps, combining 59 interviews and a follow-up survey with a representative sample of 2,015 adults across the UK. We found that pandemic news consumption, driven primarily by the need for personalised surveillance in an uncertain situation, oscillated in parallel with its severity and associated lockdown restrictions. The influx of repetitive bad news triggered many negative feelings besides general pandemic anxiety – namely fear, despair and moral outage (anger and disgust). This led to various alterations of daily routines, including news avoidance. Such adverse effects were offset by the reassurance, happiness and hope that the news did, at least occasionally, brought to audiences during the pandemic. Participants suggested several potential “good news” categories that point to the need for constructive news forms that not only inform but also inspire, motivate and/or empower people in personal or collective ways.
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作者：
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通讯作者：
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DOI：
10.7764/cdi.46.1714
发表时间：
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