Question of the Day #1208

Are you guilty of doomscrolling? How the unhealthy social media trend is eroding your mental health

From the headline of this article at Glamour magazine.

  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 (see SCROLL entry 2) through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.

 

Examples

1. Experts warn that doomscrolling can be harmful to your mental health.
2. If you're addicted to doomscrolling, try jumping straight out of bed in the morning rather than reaching for your phone.
3. With her endless doomscrolling, it's hardly surprising she's so depressed.
4. 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
5. … 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

   

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