A few weeks back, I wrote an article about being addicted to my phone , and it was an easy admission to make considering I'm far from alone. I wrote about how my vices tend to be apps like WhatsApp, since I'm usually in frequent communication with the closest people in my life, and Instagram, thanks to its highly addictive visual content that is hard to tear my eyes away from. However, recent research has shown that our mobile devices are much more than that. They are the main source of news consumption, particularly among the younger generation, which has sparked a term you'll likely be familiar with: 'doomscrolling' . It's the act of consuming vast amounts of negative news content that increases feelings of anxiety, unease and, well, doom.

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