Doomscrolling

A photo of a person's hand while scrolling through news on smartphone
A person scrolling through news on a smartphone.

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of news online.[1][2] Doomscrolling can also be defined as the excessive consumption of vertical, short-form videos for a long period of time, without knowing the amount of time passed. It may leave the person with a feeling of tiredness or unproductiveness after doomscrolling. This phenomenon is most seen in teenagers and children.[3] This can also be considered as a form of Internet addiction disorder. In 2019, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that doomscrolling can be linked to a decline in mental and physical health.[4]

  1. ^ Leskin P. "Staying up late reading scary news? There's a word for that: 'doomscrolling'". Business Insider. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "On 'Doomsurfing' and 'Doomscrolling'". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Perez S (July 13, 2022). "Kids and teens spend more time on TikTok than YouTube". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Soroka S, Fournier P, Nir L (September 2019). "Cross-national evidence of a negativity bias in psychophysiological reactions to news". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (38): 18888–18892. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11618888S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1908369116. PMC 6754543. PMID 31481621.

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