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# Negativity drives online news consumption
- URL: https://werd.io/negativity-drives-online-news-consumption/
- Published: 2023-03-17T16:25:07.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-17T16:25:07.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“The tendency for individuals to attend to negative news reflects something foundational about human cognition—that humans preferentially attend to negative stimuli across many domains.” [#Media](https://werd.io/tag/Media)

\[[Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4)\]