Positive and Negative News How They Affect Our Health

Most events and news published by the media are very likely boring, depressive and warning of something negative that will happen. In this sense, a number of studies have concluded that these types of news severely affect our mental and physical health.

On the other hand, positive news has a very good impact on the mood, and that is a scientific fact. So we need more positive news. Never before has our brains been so influenced by the news, given that we live in a society based on virtual information.

Psychologist Charlie Booker suggests that negative news is more dangerous than drugs. The author of the book “Antidote” supports psychological studies that highlight that an increasing number of people are prone to more and more of all kinds of news, considering them extremely depressive and the cause of a number of diseases.

Jodie Jackson, Msc. In psychology, in a study of its Constructive Journalism Project, which is soon to be published, concludes that reading the news that focuses on solutions, achievement and building peace can significantly increase the level of optimism, hope and self-profit, so people can believe that the world can become really better and feel the commitment to contribute. It has also proved that positive news has developed the level of human spirituality, restored trust, and increased society's level of engagement in improving life in general.

Harvard Professor Steven Pinker long suggests that despite what we read in the news, the world itself is a spiral at altitude.

It is important to note, however, that reporting positive news does not mean ignoring negative news, but in fact means not ignoring positive news, and whether it is possible to get involved in a broader narrative. On the other hand, negative news serves to illuminate many dark aspects of society by somehow setting them on the public agenda. It is vital, though, that the harmful psychological effects of negative news be addressed, primarily when negative news does not serve noble purposes, but rather the goals of financial gain to attract attention rather than really inform.

In that sense, it is unfortunate but most Albanian media and portals focus on negative news, which in fact have extremely harmful effects on our mental and physical health.

However, there remains an open debate on whether Albanian society is “issued” or whether “is ill” by Albanian media, which prefer to expand to narrative and detailed articles related to crime and negative events. /Oculus News