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