CONS

"DOOMSCROLLING"

Jorge, Jose, Mariana, Daniela

DOOMSCROLLING IS
BAD FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
THIS CAN LEAD TO
WHEN YOU READ A BAD
NEW OR SOMETHING ELSE
EXHAUSTION, TENSION,
THAT MAKES YOU FEEL IRRITABILITY, LOW
ANXIOUS OR STRESSED, MOOD OR SLEEP
REDUCES YOUR LEVELS DISTURBANCES.
OF SEROTONIN.
DOOM SCROLLING
IS BAD FOR YOUR
HEALTH.
REFERENCE:
CASSIDY, C. (2022, 5 SEPTIEMBRE). DOOMSCROLLING
LINKED TO POOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, STUDY
FINDS. THE GUARDIAN.
HTTPS://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/SOCIETY/2022/SEP/
06/DOOMSCROLLING-LINKED-TO-POOR-PHYSICAL- THE ONES WITH SEVERELY
AND-MENTAL-HEALTH-STUDY-FINDS A STUDY THAT WAS
PROBLEMATIC
PUBLISHED IN THE
CONSUMPTION LEVELS,
JOURNAL HEALTH
74% REPORTED
COMMUNICATION,
EXPERIENCING MENTAL
SHOWED THAT 16.5% OF
HEALTH PROBLEMS AND
1100 PEOPLE SHOWED
61% REPORTED PHYSICAL
"SEVERLY PROBLEMATIC"
PROBLEMS COMPARED TO
CONSUMPTION WHICH
8% AND 6.1% OF ALL
LEADS TO AXIETY , STRESS
OTHER STUDY
AND POOR HEALTH
PARTICIPANTS.
EXAMPLE
 OPENS MORE OPPORTUNITY
CONS TO LET HARMFUL CONTENT
GET IN

HAS A CHAIN REACTION ON

LARGER AMOUNTS OF
PEOPLE

SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION
GENERATING FALSE SENSATIONS
LESS EMPATHY
FOR EXTERNAL
PROBLEMS
BUT WE REALIZE THAT WE
IF WE KNOW WE FEEL BAD ARE COMFORTABLE THE
ABOUT THE ABOUT THEM WAY WE ARE BEACUSE
WE ARE NOT DIRECTLY
PROBLEMS AND INSTEAD OF
LIVING THOSE PROBLEMS,
AROUND US... TRYING TO DO SO WE PREFER TO IGNORE
SOMETHING IT AND NOT NECESARILY
GOOD TO HELP WORRY ABOUT THE
REALITY AND THINK IN
SOLUTIONS.
WHAT ACTIONS
SHOULD BE
TAKEN

Principal companies getting

benefited from the
"Doomscrolling" are not
getting compromised with
the mental health care of
their people.

Social media companies

are fully part of the problem
and not of the soultion at
all.
 REALIZING ABOUT THE
ONE STEP ADDICTION TO BAD
NEWS.

AT A TIME...
ANALYZE WHAT WE CAN
DO IN THE POSITION WE
ARE.

TRY TO EXTEND THE

INFORMATION IN A GOOD
WAY JUST TO MAKE
CONSCIOUS.