If you are constantly refreshing your newsfeed, you’re not learning more
Every day, push notifications on smartphones, live tickers for football games, coalition negotiations and terrorist attacks, constantly checking breaking news – what is this flood of news doing to us? Maren Urner warns that we are putting ourselves under considerable stress and could end up both physically and psychologically ill. As a result a feeling of learned helplessness is nurtured in society. It leaves us passive, cynical and politically apathetic. With her scientific expertise and her practical experience in constructive journalism, the doctor of neuroscience and editor-in-chief of the Perspective Daily shows us how we can confidently deal with the flood of news.
