Reasons | Frequency | Percentage (%s) |
Reasons for bad news intensification | ||
The news media wish to satisfy the negative inclined nature of humans | 78 | 20.7 |
Bad news is good news to journalists | 67 | 17.9 |
Lack of control of social media has increased the spread of bad news | 41 | 10.9 |
Bad occurrences in society are more than good ones | 52 | 13.8 |
Bad news spreads widely than good news | 46 | 12.2 |
Bad news sells a medium more than good news | 9 | 2.4 |
To create awareness/cautiousness | 1 | 0.3 |
Reasons for good news intensification | ||
Good news gives joy | 15 | 4 |
Seminars have made journalists adopt silver lining approach to news reporting | 2 | 0.5 |
Neutrality | ||
Both are equally reported | 49 | 13 |
I do not know | 1 | 0.3 |
No response | 14 | 3.7 |
Total | 376 | 100 |