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And no wonder, with all that has happened in the world over the past few years. But might this habit be harming our health? Medical News Today assessed the ...

His suggestion was “that people consume news that is of relevance to who and how they are in the world, that is relevant to [their] values and how [they] want to be, to take the time to take the perspective of others that are in the stories and to feel what they feel.” The most important thing is for people to become more aware of how consuming the news is making them feel, and the impact it is having on their day-to-day lives.” Even though this may be difficult to believe, he noted that “[t]here’s less violence in the world now than there’s ever been, there’s less poverty, there’s less starvation.” Hayes agreed: “Some of the dangers are that you will become numb to the pain of others, or you will become cynical or depressed about what’s happening in the world. I guess the difficulty is that it is in the news channels’ interests to keep people watching.” “Because we tend to get more traumatized by events where we cannot take any action, it might help to do one small thing that could make a difference — e.g. “Consider staying off all news channels or outlets for 3 or 4 days and see how this changes your mood and thinking. “Problematic news consumption may be particularly harmful because the news consistently focuses on negative and threatening issues and events. Sensationalist news content is designed to elicit an emotional response from audiences, and thereby increase viewing or reading figures. Medical News Today assessed the evidence and spoke to experts to find out what we can do to prevent becoming overwhelmed by the news. And for 16.5%, severely problematic news consumption was impacting other aspects of their lives. We all do it — reach for the phone first thing in the morning to check the news.

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72% of internet users in the European Union now get their news online. But a new survey finds that interest in news has fallen sharply around the world.

This type of what the report authors describe as “selective avoidance”, has doubled in both Brazil (54%) and the UK (46%) over the past five years. Users in Nordic countries as well as the UK still have strong connections to direct news providers, “while people in Japan and South Korea tend to access news via powerful aggregators and search engines”. The report says that “media outlets often struggle to garner audience attention” when it comes to climate change stories. Finland remains the country with the highest level of overall trust at 69%. Breaking it down by countries, the highest percentages of people reading news online were found in Finland (93%), Lithuania and the Czech Republic (both 92%) and Croatia and Greece (both 90%). The figures also show the percentage of users increased most in rural areas, up to 69% from 65% in 2016. The report says the smartphone continues to be the most important digital device for accessing news across countries. [ interest in news has fallen sharply around the world](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022/dnr-executive-summary), from 63% in 2017 to 51% in 2022. It says on average 42% of respondents say they trust news most of the time. The Eurostat data also shows that between 2016 and 2021, online news use increased slightly more among women than men. [ social media preference has surged ahead at 28% compared to 23% for direct access.](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/Digital_News-Report_2022.pdf) However, it stresses there are major differences across markets. A separate global survey digs deeper into internet users' news habits revealing more detailed insights.