@whyaskwhy: Why does Negative News get more attention than Positive News?

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There is no doubting this weird phenomenon of Negative News being patronised instead of the Positives!! This has been from time immemorial.

But why should this be?? Isn't this an anathema?? Shouldn't this be discontinued??

As appropriate as the need to engineer a change of this status quo; it may linger longer than necessary and anticipated!! These could be why!!

1) FEAR/ INSECURITY. Much dwellings in Negative news is traceable to FEAR of being Victims , in the future of similar circumstances. Desiring and ruminating over negative news ,often is an attempt to empathise with the victims and or imagine a behavioral change which would exempt them from being Victims of such circumstances in the future.

2) MEDIA HYPES. Being cognitive of the above, the media most often promotes that which attract more patronage S it would result in better financial gain. Thus the consumer might be left with no option, but to consume the available, which is most often than not, the bad news!!

3) BLACKMAILING INSTITUTIONS.

Most news are intended to attract the attentions of target authority toward an imagined goal. Thus the story is Colored to instill fear, hatred , threat etc on the public.

The concern governing authority would act therefore to forestall breakdowns of law and order!!