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Podcast: Speaking of Psychology
Episode: How to cope with news overload, with Markus Brauer, PhD, and Don Grant, PhD
Description: Are you suffering from news overload? Do you find yourself doomscrolling when you should be sleeping, eating, playing with your kids or doing your job? Do you feel hounded by algorithms that keep sending you more bad news? Media psychologist Don Grant, PhD, and Markus Brauer, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin, discuss why it’s so hard to shut off the news spigot and what you can do to cope with media overload while still staying informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices