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posted by on Friday June 02 2017, @04:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the switch-off dept.

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When we consider how much time young people spend on social media, negative news content may have a bad impact. And those already psychologically vulnerable may be particularly susceptible to the ill effects of a constant stream of negative news. This is because stress responses are often accentuated in those already suffering from symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses.

So, it is encouraging to see some technology companies proactively showing concern about their users' mental health. For example, Twitter is teaming up with the youth mental health organisation ReachOut to provide resources to help young people learn about the possible negative impacts of social media, so they won't be overly consumed by it and know how to cope if they are.

This is a good start – Twitter is making more information available. But it can do more, and Twitter shouldn't be the only one doing it.

Yes, I'm certain this is exactly what is needed. Much better idea than shutting your Twitter app.

Source: The Conversation


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 02 2017, @08:48PM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Friday June 02 2017, @08:48PM (#519570) Journal

    Most news of disasters, shootings, horrible accidents etc are for the most part completely irrelevant but it plays into the morbid inclinations of people. And makes them feel it's important to listen into. It's important be updated on accident statistics to take proper preventive actions and accidents that actually affects oneself directly. Other than that it's just empty stuff to fill airwaves with.

    When was the last time a program discussed that say these areas have a statistical higher risk for floods so you should not build there or so? ;) Or the non-PC horror of doing a statistical profiling of what kinds of people do crime and where it usually goes down.

    It all boils down to what's important and relevant.

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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:45AM (1 child)

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:45AM (#519747) Journal

    I'm not sure if your entire post was intended to be sarcastic or not. But there's basically zero correlation between "accident statistics" in terms of what one should be aware of vs. what gets reported on the news. The news reports unusual or extreme events -- plane crashes, shark attacks, etc. -- not stuff that actually kills people regularly (e.g., single car crashes, not to mention stuff like heart disease). Yes, local news may also note fatal car crashes, but they'd only lead with that if there wasn't some scarier (and likely more improbable) scenario to cover.

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:02AM

      by kaszz (4211) on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:02AM (#519762) Journal

      I meant that news usually gives a shewed picture of whats going on by emphasize on the unusual occurrences. It would be better if they put things in perspective.