Why news feels addictive

2:28

and it can be not very good for you to read lots of usually quite bad news.

2:28

Yes, definitely.

2:30

So, why do you like to follow the news, even though it can be too sad?

2:37

Ah, that's a very good question.

2:39

I think it's a bit of a habit.

2:42

It's a bit addictive

2:44

and I think we sometimes feel like we need to know what’s happening,

2:52

even if we have actually no control over what is happening.

2:56

Yeah, I completely agree,

2:58

because even though I get notifications and I read the news,

3:03

I sometimes feel like I still don't know enough about what’s going on,

3:09

because there's so much information out there,

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and so many different ways to get the news

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that it's not enough to just read one article.

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There's so much information that you want to understand.

3:25

So, Beth, we work at the BBC.

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— We do. — It's a news organisation.

3:31

Have your news habits changed since you started working at the BBC?

3:38

Yes, I think they definitely have.

3:41

I think I probably pay more attention to the news now than I did in the past