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News Consumption and Its Unpleasant Side Effect

Studying the Effect of Hard and Soft News Exposure on Mental Well-Being Over Time

Mark Boukes

ASCoR/Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Rens Vliegenthart

ASCoR/Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Published Online:September 01, 2017https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000224

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Volume 29Issue 3July 2017

ISSN: 1864-1105eISSN: 2151-2388

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ReceivedOctober 13, 2016
RevisedApril 10, 2017
AcceptedMay 17, 2017
Published onlineSeptember 1, 2017

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This study has been made possible by a Vidi grant (project number: 016.145.369) from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

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