{"id":87845,"date":"2020-04-29T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/04\/29\/3-majority-of-americans-feel-they-need-breaks-from-covid-19-news-many-say-it-takes-an-emotional-toll\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:57:13","slug":"3-majority-of-americans-feel-they-need-breaks-from-covid-19-news-many-say-it-takes-an-emotional-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/04\/29\/3-majority-of-americans-feel-they-need-breaks-from-covid-19-news-many-say-it-takes-an-emotional-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Majority of Americans feel they need breaks from COVID 19 news; many say it takes an emotional toll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/04\/29\/3-majority-of-americans-feel-they-need-breaks-from-covid-19-news-many-say-it-takes-an-emotional-toll\/pathways_04-29-20-ch3-1-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e2daca\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e2daca;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-1.png?resize=480,1043 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-1.png?resize=612,1330 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"674\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-1.png?w=471\" alt=\"About seven-in-ten say they need to take breaks from COVID-19 news\" class=\"wp-image-109079 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The constant churn of news updates, events and asserted claims related to the outbreak has left most Americans feeling a need to take a break from COVID-19 news from time to time. And many say keeping up with this news has a negative impact on their state of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About seven-in-ten (71%) say they feel the need to take breaks from news about the outbreak, compared with about three-in-ten (28%) who say they need to stay tuned in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, about four-in-ten U.S. adults (43%) say that keeping up with the news makes them feel worse emotionally. Only 7% say it makes them feel better emotionally, while about half (49%) say it doesn\u2019t change their emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, Americans are about evenly split between those who say they find it easy to determine what is true and not true about the outbreak (49%) and those who find it difficult to do so (50%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/04\/29\/3-majority-of-americans-feel-they-need-breaks-from-covid-19-news-many-say-it-takes-an-emotional-toll\/pathways_04-29-20-ch3-0-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4dcdd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4dcdd;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-0.png?resize=480,1027 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-0.png?resize=620,1326 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"663\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/04\/Pathways_04.29.20.ch3-0.png?w=479\" alt=\"About two-thirds of Americans say they\u2019ve seen at least some made-up news about COVID-19\" class=\"wp-image-109071 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More broadly, close to two-thirds of adults (64%) say they have seen at least some news and information about the coronavirus that <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/04\/15\/early-in-outbreak-americans-cited-claims-about-risk-level-and-details-of-coronavirus-as-made-up-news\/\">seemed completely made up<\/a>. (Another 27% have seen \u201cnot much,\u201d while a small segment, just 8%, say they\u2019ve not come across any.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These encounters with perceived made-up news related to the coronavirus are accompanied by a vast majority of Americans worrying that bad information is creating confusion about the basic facts surrounding the outbreak. About half (49%) say made-up news has led to a great deal of confusion among Americans about the basic facts. Another 37% say it has caused some confusion, while very few (12%) say it has led to not too much confusion or none at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add to this uncertainty about whether information is credible, about four-in-ten (38%) say they <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pathways-2020\/COVIDINFOWRONG\/total_us_adults\/us_adults\">came across made-up information that they at first thought was true<\/a> but later learned it was false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The constant churn of news updates, events and asserted claims related to the outbreak has left most Americans feeling a need to take a break from COVID-19 news from time to time. And many say keeping up with this news has a negative impact on their state of mind. 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