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Why we like negative messages
"Participants often chose stories with a negative tone β corruption, set-backs, hypocrisy and so on β rather than neutral or positive stories. β¦ And yet when asked, these people said they preferred good news. On average, they said that the media was too focused on negative stories."
βTom Stafford "Psychology: Why Bad News Dominates the Headlines," BBC (2024)
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Below are select reads from the 160 research references that helped shape God Donβt Make No Trash.
- Harron, Dana. "Why Do We Judge Other People?" Psychology Today. Accessed December 25, 2024. ln.run/3sB-x
- Johnson, Bradley. "Worldβs Largest Advertisers 2024βSpending Reached a Record High, with Gains in Most Categories." Ad Age, December 9, 2024. ln.run/20-X7
- Schelenz, Robyn. "Why Negative Campaigning Works β and How to Fight It." University of California, September 12, 2019. ln.run/4Ylh4
- Stafford, Tom. "Psychology: Why Bad News Dominates the Headlines." BBC. Accessed December 25, 2024. ln.run/iPN1k
- Sunstein, Cass R., and Richard Thaler. "The Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About How We Think." The New Yorker, December 7, 2016. ln.run/J15eg
- next time "We are very influenced by completely automatic things."
- listening The Rolling Stones "Paint It, Black"
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