The psychological effects of media consumption and keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle are vast. It can sometimes feel impossible to stay educated on current events without also feeling hopeless, disempowered, or even enraged. Worse, the incentives and structures of modern media outlets seem more and more geared towards capturing our attention at any cost… including our mental health, trust in one another, and even open societies themselves. Given this, is there a way to get back to a form of media and journalism that helps us feel empowered, and if so, how do we do it?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://thegreatsimplification.libsyn.com/the-neuroscience-of-good-journalism-how-constructive-journalism-uses-information-to-empower-with-maren-urner