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Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling is the act of spending an excessive amount of time on digital content (e.g. short-form content, user-generated content, AI-generated content, and news) that elicit negative emotions. The concept was coined around 2018, and became more widespread in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the…

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Doomscrolling

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples117
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
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related to Negativity bias · 20
Doomscrolling → Anxiety, As, He, Jeffrey Hall, Kansas, Lawrence, Many, Medical Center, Medicine's Center, Negativity, Ohio State University Wexner, One, People, Perelman School, Social, Study, The, Treatment, University, You
related to News avoidance · 14
Doomscrolling → Amanda Ripley, In, Journalism, Middle East, Oxford's Reuters Institute, Research, Scholars, She, Some, Study, The, UK, Ukraine, University
related to Popularity · 14
Doomscrolling → Ashik Siddique, Capitol, COVID-19, During, Gaza, George Floyd, However, Its, Middle Eastern, Russian, The, This, Twitter, Ukraine
related to Origins · 12
Doomscrolling → After, August, Committee's Choice Word, Dictionary, In, Merriam-Webster, September, Studies, The, The Macquarie Dictionary, World Wide Web's, Year
related to Fear of missing out · 10
Doomscrolling → Americans, Bethany Teachman, FOMO, Italian, Mandliya, Polish, Statista, This, University, Virginia
related to Role of social media · 9
Doomscrolling → Cyprus University, Despite, Oftentimes, Researchers, Social, Technology, The, These, This
related to Brain anatomy · 8
Doomscrolling → By, IFG, In, Increased, The, This, TMS, When
related to Infinite scrolling · 7
Doomscrolling → Aza Raskin, Consequently, Infinite, Raskin, Research, The, Usability
related to External links · 6
Doomscrolling → Medium, Metro NewsArticle, The, The Star, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, WiktionaryArticle
related to Control seeking · 3
Doomscrolling → Obsessively, Research, This

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Doomscrollingis aact of spending an excessive amount of time on digital content0.90text
the COVID-19 pandemicinstance ofThe term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s through events0.80text
the George Floyd protestsinstance ofThe term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s through events0.80text
the 2020 U.S. presidential electioninstance ofThe term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s through events0.80text
the storming of the U.Sinstance ofThe term continued to gain traction in the early 2020s through events0.80text
gamified interfacesinstance ofDoomscrolling has also been linked to platform level incentives where these digital news environments use features0.80text
automated or algorithmic recommendation systems to keep audiences engagedinstance ofDoomscrolling has also been linked to platform level incentives where these digital news environments use features0.80text
to prolong time spent on their services.The concept of infinite scrolling is sometimes attributed to Aza Raskin by the elimination of pagination of web pagesinstance ofDoomscrolling has also been linked to platform level incentives where these digital news environments use features0.80text
in favor of continuously loading content as the user scrolls down the pageinstance ofDoomscrolling has also been linked to platform level incentives where these digital news environments use features0.80text
endless feedsinstance ofResearch also suggests that doomscrolling can be reinforced by platform features0.80text
algorithmic recommendationsinstance ofResearch also suggests that doomscrolling can be reinforced by platform features0.80text
which encourage habitual scanning for timely negative informationinstance ofResearch also suggests that doomscrolling can be reinforced by platform features0.80text

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