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Weekly News Digest
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October 19, 2021 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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APA Shares Study on How Memes Are Helping People Cope With the Pandemic
This may seem obvious, but it’s nice to have a study to confirm it: “Funny memes may help people cope with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, making viewers feel calmer and more content,” the American Psychological Association (APA) reports.According to “Consuming Memes During the COVID Pandemic: Effects of Memes and Meme Type on COVID-Related Stress and Coping Efficacy,” published in the Psychology of Popular Media journal, “Looking at memes about COVID-19 also increased people’s confidence in their ability to deal with the pandemic. … The researchers found that people who viewed memes compared with other types of media reported higher levels of humor and more positive emotions, which was indirectly related to a decrease in stress about the COVID-19 pandemic. People who viewed memes with captions related to COVID-19 were even more likely to have lower stress levels about the pandemic than people who viewed memes without COVID-related captions.” This study is based on a December 2020 survey of 748 people ages 18–88. For more information and a description of how the study worked, read the press release.
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