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- Title
The impact of 24/7 news coverage on the mental health of Israelis in the 'Iron Swords' War: A cross‐sectional analysis among television audience.
- Authors
Kaim, Arielle; Bodas, Moran
- Abstract
This study aims to assess the impact of continuous 24/7 news broadcasting on the mental well‐being of Jewish Israelis during the 'Iron Swords' War and compare it to findings from the 2014 Conflict. An internet‐based cross‐sectional panel survey was conducted on 11–12 October 2023, during the 'Iron Swords' War. The study focused on Israel's adult Jewish population, enabling comparisons with a previous 2014 study. Participants reported news consumption changes, attitudes towards newscasts (burdensome, relaxing, stressful, addictive, Fear Of Missing Out [FOMO], avoidance), opinions on 24/7 news, and anxiety symptoms. Among 802 adult Jewish participants in Israel, 83.8% increased news consumption. While more than 70% of respondents found the newscast stressing at least a medium level, more than 40% said they do not try to avoid them at all. Nearly 24% found it much addictive. Women and younger individuals reported more FOMO, stress, and addiction. More than 70% reported experiencing at least one anxiety symptom, and 21% of all four. Linear regression explained 42.9% of the variance of reported anxiety, with gender, age, news stress, addiction, and FOMO as predictors. The current study results show an increase in all measurements compared to a separate study conducted using the same tools in 2014. Jewish Israelis struggled with news consumption during the recent war, harming mental health. Heightened anxiety was observed, compared to 2014, and affected all demographics.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; CROSS-sectional method; FEAR; MENTAL health; SEX distribution; WAR; TELEVISION; INTERNET; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANXIETY; AGE distribution; PRESS; SURVEYS; PSYCHOLOGY of Jews; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; WELL-being; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2024, Vol 40, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1532-3005
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/smi.3398