news. People in the media and the ones looking for engagement on social media know this and use it for their gain.

I am not that old but in my teen years we learned about bad world events IF we watched the news at 5 or 10 with our parents or we caught the 5 min condensed version on channel 1 news in school. We didn't deal with bad news all day everyday constantly on our phones. I am not a scientist but I would wager that constantly seeing and dealing with bad news and drama etc. all day everyday would add to anxiety.