The tendency of news media to focus on problems and emergenciesrather than good news has a negative effect on individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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, I do feel that it does have some negative effects for
news
media to focus more on reporting problems and emergencies to the
people
.
However
, I don't feel that it
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impact
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society
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the basis of my opinion. It is true that some
people
may tend to be more tense, anxious, or nihilistic when consuming negative
things
from their daily media.
For example
, seeing or hearing about a school shooting will make anyone more anxious and frightened because it may happen around their neighbourhood.
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course, a very rational response of fear, as it's our instinct helping us to keep us out of danger. The problem begins when
people
start to become fixated
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the bad
things
delivered on the
news
.
For example
, robbery, natural disasters, and other unfortunate events. As mentioned, it is logical to want to know when and where the dangers can arise and
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to foresee them. But I believe, many of these unfortunate
things
that may happen are, to some degree, unforeseeable.
For example
, you won't know when there will be a public shooting at the mall or when and where an earthquake is going to happen.
However
, there are
things
that
people
can still do to prevent and anticipate these events. We can take
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and learn what to do when these bad
things
occur.
For instance
,
people
need to learn what should they immediately do when
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disaster happens or what should they do and avoid
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number of active
shooting
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rising.
Furthermore
, I
also
believe that it's important to know and recognize the possibility of these
occurances
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occurrences
. Yes, keeping an eye out is important but it's
also
unhealthy to be obsessed over the bad
things
that may happen over the
news
, as it may cause serious
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of anxiety and constant worry. In conclusion, it is beneficial to the
society
for
news
media to report crimes, disasters, or other negative topics, as it helps the
society
to understand the current state of the
things
that are happening around them.
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,
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people
should
also
be educated and smart in handling these types of information, as overconsumption may lead to detriments in their mental health. As a
society
,
people
need to realize that obsessing over these unforeseeable events
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not healthy and that there are actions they can take for prevention and mitigation.
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