Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? ⏲️ 6 Minute English 

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📝 VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO “Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? - 6 Minute English” 📝 1. Evolutionary: to the way in which plants and animals develop and change gradually over a long period of time 2. Investigating: to try to find out the truth about something such as a crime, accident, or scientific problem 3. Compelled: to force someone to do something → compulsion → compel somebody to do something 4. Non-stop: without any stops or pauses → continuous 5. Disgusting: extremely unpleasant and making you feel sick SYN revolting 6. Disturbing: worrying or upsetting 7. Traumatic: a traumatic experience is so shocking and upsetting that it affects you for a long time 8. Perspective: a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences → viewpoint → perspective on → from somebody’s perspective → from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective 9. Resilience: the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event → toughness → resilience of 10. Pay attention to sb/st: to watch, listen to, or think about someone or something carefully 11. To compensate for: to replace or balance the effect of something bad → compensate somebody for something 12. Make up for: to make a bad situation better, or replace something that has been lost SYN compensate 13. Pouring into → pour something into/out/down etc (something) → pour something away (=get rid of something) → pour somebody something 14. Doomscrolling: spending a lot of time looking at your computer screen or mobile phone and reading bad news stories 15. Feel ick: (US slang) feel sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing 16. On tap: easily available so that you can have of much of it as you want, whenever you want 17. Make up for (something): compensate for something bad with something good 18. Romanticise (something): talk about something in a way that make it sound better than it really is 19. 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger': saying which expresses the idea that by going through difficult life experiences, people build up strength and resilience for the future 09.02.2023 VIETNAM❤ 🌱 ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^ 🌱

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-Feeling ache: Feeling sick often because something is disgusting or disturbing -On tap: Is easily available so that you can have it as much of it as you want -To make up for something: To compensate for something bad with something good -Romanticise: We make it sound better than it is -'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' means by going through difficult life experiences, people build up strength for the future @BBC thanks for the new vocabularies

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I woke up one morning and watched this video lesson, suddenly i got a lot of thoughts and decided not to use Facebook anymore, and now it's two weeks after i come back here and write this comment " i really did it". I feel very peaceful right now. It is kind of an escape.

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Thanks BBC, From your 6 minutes video I can get more nice informations and vocabularies ❤️😍. For this time, We have to cleverly choose the news from our phone, although sometimes first news comes from people around us and then we will curious about that information and doomscrolling can't be avoid. 😁😁

Vocabulary for the video BBC 6 Minute English "Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?": - Doomscroll (v) - to spend a lot of time reading or scrolling a mobile phone or computer screen in order to read negative stories - stories full of doom. Exp: Stop scrolling! Switch off your phone and go for a walk. People all over the world doomscroll, regardless of the culture. - Evolutionary (adj) - relating to the way in which living things develop over millions of years, involving a gradual process of change and development. Exp: an evolutionary theory, evolutionary biology. There is an evolutionary reason why we are attracted to bad news. - To compel (v) - to force to do something. Exp They compelled him to betray his country. He felt compelled to report the incident. We feel compelled to look at, even seek out bad news. - To seek out (v) - to find information, look for someone or something. Exp: She decided to seek out some information on the history of the area. - Anthropologist (n) - a person who scientifically studies humans, and their customs, beliefs, and relationships. - Outline (v) to draw or to give the outline of something - a short description of the main details of a plan. Exp: Here she outlines the problem. - Compulsion (n) compelling or being compelled. Exp: You are under no compulsion to go. It's some kind of compulsion forcing people to doomscroll. - Feel ick (v) - to feel sick because of something disgusting or disturbing. - On tap - easily available so that you can have as much of it as you want, whenever you want. Exp: News on tap; doom on tap. There are several new movies on tap this week. - Romanticise (v) - to talk about something in a way that makes it sound better than it really is. or to believe that something is better than it really is. Exp: Trauma's romanticised. - Make up something (v) - to compensate for something bad with something good. Exp: The little good news we do hear doesn't make up for the depressing news. - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - expresses that by going through difficult life experiences people build up strength and resilience for the future. "Nowadays, people all over the world doomscroll, so that they spend a lot of time reading negative stories on their mobile phones or computers. Scientists suggest that there are evolutionary reasons why people feel compelled to seek out bad news. With negative news on tap, people can easily access it. The negative effects of 24/7 doomsrolling can result in feelings of ick. Even though good news still exists, it doesn't make up for the bad news. Therefore, it is best to stop doomscrolling altogether, rather than romanticize it. While it's a popular belief that "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", it's not an easy task to put into practice." Thanks much for this video. Have a good day!

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Today's topic is doomscrolling. As this program said, I often feel sick through bad news. So, I'm trying not to watch TV too much these days.

First of all thank you BBC . I also often do doom scrolling.This is new word to me.After watching this video I decides to stop doom scrolling..

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I always do the same thing every day I'm scrolling my phone before I go to bed . I really want to stop that . But I find my self want to read some news

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I have tried so many times to not use social media for a while, but unfortunately I have screwed up a lot. However, after watching this episode, I can see that reducing the amount of time we spend using social media and watching the news can be helpful for us.

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Firstly, thank you for this video BBC team. You must definitely keep going to sort of these videos. If I am on social medias in nearly 4 5 hours. I want to make up for these times that I lost by scroliing, and I often start to do benefical things. And I often force myself to romanticis in these jobs.

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Thank BBC for an exciting lesson My summary while listening: The today’s topic is to investigate why we compel to look at or intentionally seek out bad news. Nowadays, many of us have formed a habit called doomscrolling. This is based on the of that peole around the world spend hours reading negative news stories regardless of culture According to Ella al-Shamahi, an anthropologist explains the reason for this phenomenon: The answer may lie in human evolution. In particular, we have “negativity bias” that makes us inclined to search for bad news. For example, million years ago, when humans still lived in caves, we needed to be aware of various dangers such as poisonous mushrooms or wild predators. Therefore, it’s natural that we pay the most attention to dangerous things. Reading terrible news from all over the world can depress us. However, good news doesn’t make up for it. Maybe we have romanticized trauma as the saying “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”.

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TRANSCRIPT Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript. Sam Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Sam. Neil And I'm Neil. Sam Have you heard the expression doomscrolling, Neil? It's when people spend a lot of time reading, or 'scrolling', a mobile phone or computer screen in order to read negative news stories - stories full of doom. Neil I hate to admit it, but I do sometimes doomscroll. Sam Well don't feel too bad, Neil, because you're not alone. Research from the University of California found that people all over the world doomscroll, regardless of culture. What's more, there may even be evolutionary reasons why we're attracted to bad news. Neil In this programme, we'll be investigating why we feel compelled to look at, and even seek out, bad news. And, as usual, we'll be learning some new vocabulary, as well. Sam But before that I have a question for you, Neil. Doomscrolling is a very modern idea which is only possible with the 24/7, non-stop cycle of news reporting. So, according to international news agency, Reuters, what has been the top global news story of 2023 so far? Is it: a) The war in Ukraine? b) Increasing prices and inflation?, or, c) Prince Harry's autobiography? Neil I think the answer is an issue that's affecting everyone - inflation. Sam OK, Neil. I'll reveal the answer at the end of the programme. Now, it might be true that the non-stop news cycle makes doomscrolling possible, but that doesn't explain why we do it. Anthropologist Ella al-Shamahi thinks the answer may lie in human evolution. Here she outlines the problem for BBC Radio 4 programme, Why Do We Do That? Ella al-Shamahi We go searching out for bad news, looking for things that will make us feel ick inside. And so many of us do it. Is it a result of 24/7 doom on tap on our phones? Or, is it some kind of compulsion that comes from somewhere way, way back? Sam Reading bad news stories makes us feel ick - an informal American phrase which means feel sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing. It's a feeling caused by the fact that, thanks to the internet, now we have the news on tap - easily available so that you can have as much of it as you want, whenever you want. Neil But Ella thinks that's not the whole story. There's another theory: way back in human history, when we lived in caves, it seemed everything could kill us, from wild animals to eating the wrong mushroom. Knowing what the dangers were, and how to avoid them, was vital to our survival, and from an evolutionary perspective, survival is everything. As a result, we humans naturally pay attention to the negative stuff, something Ella calls 'negativity bias'. Sam But while cavemen only knew what was happening in their local area, nowadays we know the bad news from all over the world. Here's Ella again, discussing this with her friend, TV presenter, Clara Amfo, for BBC Radio 4 programme, Why Do We Do That? Ella al-Shamahi Before it would be like, I don't know, I'm assuming you'd go to the neighbour's cave and they'd only know… the bad news from… that particular mountain. Whereas now, it's like, 'Let me tell you about the really bad information and situation that's going on in some island somewhere…'. It's just the good news doesn't make up for it… Clara Amfo It really doesn't, and I think trauma's romanticised, really. 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', 'this is a test'. I think we're conditioned to believe that negative experiences shape us more than joyous ones. Neil Reading bad news from around the world can depress us, and Ella thinks that the little good news we do hear doesn't make up for the depressing news. To make up for something means to compensate for something bad with something good. Sam Good news is hard to find. In fact, Clara thinks society has romanticised bad, traumatic news. If you romanticise something, you talk about it in a way that makes it sound better than it really is. Connected to this is the saying, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', meaning that by going through difficult experiences in life, people build up strength and resilience for the future. Neil Maybe it's best to stop doomscrolling altogether, but with so much bad news pouring into our mobile phones every day, it's not easy. Sam OK, it's time to reveal the answer to my question, Neil. I asked you what news agency, Reuters, considers the top news story of 2023 so far. Neil And I guessed it was b) inflation. Sam Which was… the correct answer, although there's still plenty of time for 2023 to bring us more doom, hopefully along with a little positivity too. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme about doomscrolling - spending lots of time reading bad news stories on your phone. Neil Feeling ick is American slang for feeling sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing. Sam When something is on tap, it's easily available so that you can have of much of it as you want. Neil The phrasal verb to make up for something means to compensate for something bad with something good. Sam When we romanticise something, we make it sound better than it is. Neil And finally, the saying 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' means that by going through difficult life experiences, people build up strength for the future. Sam Once again our six minutes are up, but if doomscrolling's not for you, remember you can find lots of positive news stories to build your vocabulary here at 6 Minute English. Neil Don't forget that there is more to BBC Learning English than 6 Minute English. Why not try to improve your vocabulary through the language in news headlines. Try the News Review video on our website or download the podcast. Sam But that's bye for now! Neil Bye!

Hello! I've a question. I've been thinking about it a lot. To imrove my listening by 6 minute bbc 1) I should write down and check the transcript which I heard 2) Just listening everytime and everywhere Which is more beneficial? I hope you will answer my question Thanks beforehand

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For me is more like rage scrolling

doomscrolling: spending lots of time reading bad news story on your phone feeling ick (American slang) = feeling sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing (sth) on tap: it is easily available so you can have as much of it as you want to makeup for smth: to compensate for smth bad with smth good romanticize (smth): make it sounds better than it is what doesn't kill you makes you stronger: by going through difficult life experiences, people build up strength for the future

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terrible ; requires avoiding the habit.

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What doesn't kill us makes us stronger! Don't blame yourself on having doomscrolling unconciously as it's never late to start over again.

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I'm learning English avec BBC instead of doomscrolling my phone.

I thought Prince Harry's autobiography would be the answer since Queen Elizbeth passed away in early September and everyone is so into royal scandals and royalties.

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Thursday, May 4th, 2023

All scrolling is doomscrolling.

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doom scroll- regardless of culture inflation, cost high expensive ,makes us ick ,pay attention to negative information, depress us, depressing news ,build up strength ,resilience ,I guess positivity feeling sick disgusting romanticize ,

Guys this channel is with American accent or British??

Doomscrolling ick make up

It's the first time i heard about looking particularly for bad news... It seemed to me that people try to avoid bad and disturbing experiences. Maybe here in Russia we are more positive than people in the West😜

Sam Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Sam. Neil And I'm Neil. Sam Have you heard the expression doomscrolling, Neil? It's when people spend a lot of time reading, or 'scrolling', a mobile phone or computer screen in order to read negative news stories - stories full of doom. Neil I hate to admit it, but I do sometimes doomscroll. Sam Well don't feel too bad, Neil, because you're not alone. Research from the University of California found that people all over the world doomscroll, regardless of culture. What's more, there may even be evolutionary reasons why we're attracted to bad news. Neil In this programme, we'll be investigating why we feel compelled to look at, and even seek out, bad news. And, as usual, we'll be learning some new vocabulary, as well. Sam But before that I have a question for you, Neil. Doomscrolling is a very modern idea which is only possible with the 24/7, non-stop cycle of news reporting. So, according to international news agency, Reuters, what has been the top global news story of 2023 so far? Is it: a) The war in Ukraine? b) Increasing prices and inflation?, or, c) Prince Harry's autobiography? Neil I think the answer is an issue that's affecting everyone - inflation. Sam OK, Neil. I'll reveal the answer at the end of the programme. Now, it might be true that the non-stop news cycle makes doomscrolling possible, but that doesn't explain why we do it. Anthropologist Ella al-Shamahi thinks the answer may lie in human evolution. Here she outlines the problem for BBC Radio 4 programme, Why Do We Do That? Ella al-Shamahi We go searching out for bad news, looking for things that will make us feel ick inside. And so many of us do it. Is it a result of 24/7 doom on tap on our phones? Or, is it some kind of compulsion that comes from somewhere way, way back? Sam Reading bad news stories makes us feel ick - an informal American phrase which means feel sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing. It's a feeling caused by the fact that, thanks to the internet, now we have the news on tap - easily available so that you can have as much of it as you want, whenever you want. Neil But Ella thinks that's not the whole story. There's another theory: way back in human history, when we lived in caves, it seemed everything could kill us, from wild animals to eating the wrong mushroom. Knowing what the dangers were, and how to avoid them, was vital to our survival, and from an evolutionary perspective, survival is everything. As a result, we humans naturally pay attention to the negative stuff, something Ella calls 'negativity bias'. Sam But while cavemen only knew what was happening in their local area, nowadays we know the bad news from all over the world. Here's Ella again, discussing this with her friend, TV presenter, Clara Amfo, for BBC Radio 4 programme, Why Do We Do That? Ella al-Shamahi Before it would be like, I don't know, I'm assuming you'd go to the neighbour's cave and they'd only know… the bad news from… that particular mountain. Whereas now, it's like, 'Let me tell you about the really bad information and situation that's going on in some island somewhere…'. It's just the good news doesn't make up for it… Clara Amfo It really doesn't, and I think trauma's romanticised, really. 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', 'this is a test'. I think we're conditioned to believe that negative experiences shape us more than joyous ones. Neil Reading bad news from around the world can depress us, and Ella thinks that the little good news we do hear doesn't make up for the depressing news. To make up for something means to compensate for something bad with something good. Sam Good news is hard to find. In fact, Clara thinks society has romanticised bad, traumatic news. If you romanticise something, you talk about it in a way that makes it sound better than it really is. Connected to this is the saying, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', meaning that by going through difficult experiences in life, people build up strength and resilience for the future. Neil Maybe it's best to stop doomscrolling altogether, but with so much bad news pouring into our mobile phones every day, it's not easy. Sam OK, it's time to reveal the answer to my question, Neil. I asked you what news agency, Reuters, considers the top news story of 2023 so far. Neil And I guessed it was b) inflation. Sam Which was… the correct answer, although there's still plenty of time for 2023 to bring us more doom, hopefully along with a little positivity too. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme about doomscrolling - spending lots of time reading bad news stories on your phone. Neil Feeling ick is American slang for feeling sick, often because of something disgusting or disturbing. Sam When something is on tap, it's easily available so that you can have of much of it as you want. Neil The phrasal verb to make up for something means to compensate for something bad with something good. Sam When we romanticise something, we make it sound better than it is. Neil And finally, the saying 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' means that by going through difficult life experiences, people build up strength for the future. Sam Once again our six minutes are up, but if doomscrolling's not for you, remember you can find lots of positive news stories to build your vocabulary here at 6 Minute English. Neil Don't forget that there is more to BBC Learning English than 6 Minute English. Why not try to improve your vocabulary through the language in news headlines. Try the News Review video on our website or download the podcast. Sam But that's bye for now! Neil Bye!

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