A meme a day keeps the therapist away, study on pandemic stress shows


A meme a day keeps the therapist away. This could be the lesson of fresh research into the impact of humorous content from social media during the pandemic. — dpa

Viral memes could be some of the best medicine for dealing with pandemic stress – that’s the lesson of fresh research into the impact of humorous online content during the pandemic. People who look at the right kinds of memes are more positive around others, it seems.

A few funny memes every day can be enough to help people better cope with the everyday stresses of life during the pandemic, according to a US study on the effect of the humorous online content, published in the Psychology Of Popular Media journal.

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