Question of the Day #1142

What Is Doomscrolling, and How Do You Stop?

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Health.com.

  上記の文で、doomscrollingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "doomscrolling" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【名】
ドゥーム・スクロール◆インターネットで悪い［悲観的な］ニュースや情報ばかりを検索する［読み続ける］こと。◆【対】joyscroll ; joyscrolling

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to spend excessive time online scrolling...through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.

 

Examples

1. Twitter encourages taking a pause by asking users if they want to read an article before hitting the retweet button. But it can be a difficult thing to do, considering how quick social media interactions can be—during a five-minute break from work or a late-night doomscroll. —Adithi Ramakrishnan
2. … stop doomscrolling. You don't need to know every detail of every tragedy. And you certainly don't need to see what all those strangers on the internet think about it. —Ryan J. Rusak
3. For the past two months I've spent big chunks of my day doomscrolling through bad news and preprint studies about mask effectiveness and virus transmission. —Charlie Warzel
4. Experts warn that doomscrolling can be harmful to your mental health.
5. Doomscrolling for two hours every night won't stop the apocalypse.

   

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