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Beware of ‘Media Overload’ During Coronavirus Crisis, Experts Say

HealthDay, April 6, 2020

April 7, 2020

Beware of ‘Media Overload’ During Coronavirus Crisis, Experts Say
Also ran in U.S. News & World Report

“The data show that the harm does not come from staying informed in a reasonable way — like reading your morning paper every day,” said Dana Rose Garfin, an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, Irvine’s School of Nursing. … “There’s a big difference between staying informed and having the news on all day long, repeating the same things,” said Garfin, co-author of a commentary on coronavirus media exposure that was recently published in the journal Health Psychology.