Tag Archives: bad news

Nature paper says bad news is good news

Posted on March 18, 2023 by VM

‘Negativity drives online news consumption’, Claire E. Robertson et al., Nature Human Behaviour, March 16, 2023: Here we analyse the effect of negative words on news consumption using a massive online dataset of viral news stories from Upworthy.com—a website that … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm, Science | Tagged bad news, disinformation, echo chambers, journalism, misinformation, Nature Human Behaviour, negative emotions, news consumption, Upworthy | Leave a comment

The climate change of bad news

Posted on October 15, 2020 by VM

This post flows a bit like the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. As one friend put it, “It starts somewhere and then goes in a different direction.” This year hasn’t been beset by the same old steady drizzle of bad news … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Op-eds | Tagged bad news, Ben Smith, caste, cognitive dissonance, fact-checking, Jacob Silverman, Jonah Lehrer, journalism, Miami Herald, parachute journalism, privileges, Rafia Zakaria, Rukmini Callimachi, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: bad news

Nature paper says bad news is good news

The climate change of bad news

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