Consequences of the endless scroll: exploring the relationships between social media news use, doomscrolling, and negative affect

• Main Authors: Ting, Sharon Shu Hui, Lim, Kimberly Li Anne, Tan, Joshua Han Wei
• Other Authors: Saifuddin Ahmed
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165331
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent research has identified the emergent phenomenon of doomscrolling where individuals engage in an uncontrolled and compulsive scrolling for negative news on social media platforms. Research on doomscrolling is scant, but some studies have shown that doomscrolling is associated with poor emot...