Doomscrolling During COVID-19 | Matthew Price

Have you heard of doomscrolling? It was coined during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe the phenomenon of the rise in negative feelings  after viewing pandemic-related media. 

In this episode Professor Matthew Prices discusses his research on the negative association between daily social media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. His study found that regularly viewing pandemic-related social media was associated with an increase in psychopathology, particularly for those with already had existing vulnerabilities.

Matthew Price is the George W. Albee Green and Gold Professor at the University of Vermont. He is a clinical psychologist who studies how technology can be integrated into mental healthcare. His work has focused primarily on helping those with histories of trauma and how to extend care to underserved groups. 

Tune in to learn more about what this doomscrolling research from the pandemic tells us about social media consumption today.