Stories of oppression outweigh stories of success in emotional impact

Evidence

The problem I am seeking to highlight here is not that journalists are interested in reporting on stories of oppression and hardship but rather the cumulative effect of these stories, particularly on an emotional level. News stories have been published about successful Muslim women and advancements that Muslim women have made, but these do not have the same emotional impact and therefore social impact as stories about women subject to violence and oppression. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 585

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to negativity bias research and to the reader’s general work on how emotional salience drives social impact.