Podcast: We need to talk about … the power of positive news coverage

This episode of our regular podcast focuses on the impact of the modern news cycle on our health and wellbeing, and whether a greater focus on positive, hopeful, solution-based stories could help to mitigate thisWhat are the effects of negative news on our mental health and sense of empowerment? How does it effect our trust in the media? Why historically has negative news become so prevalent at the expense of positive, solutions-focused, constructive news and could a more balanced picture of the world lead to greater empowerment and individual actions to make things better?Joining the Guardian ’s Executive editor for membership, Lee Glendinning, to discuss this and more is Dr Denise Baden, an Associate Professor within the University of Southampton Business School,whose research has looked into how people are affected by positive and negative news stories, Se án Dagan Wood, the editor-in-chief ofPositive News– a current affairs magazine, publishing independent journalism about progress and possibility – and Sean is the co-founder of theConstructive Journalism Project, Giselle Green, Editor ofConstructive Voices, an National Council for Voluntary Organisations project aimed at ensuring the positive impact of charities and social enterprises is heard and encouraging a more constructive, solutions-based approach to news coverage in general and finally, Mark Rice-Oxley, the Guardian ’s head of special projects and series’ editor ofThe Upside– bringing together journa...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 17, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Lee Glendinning, produced by Stuart Silver and featuring Mark Rice-Oxley, Dr Denise Baden, Giselle Green and Sean Dagan Wood Tags: Membership Mental health Psychology News Corporation Anxiety Depression Science Society Source Type: news