“Anybody who is a professional athlete who has a social media account on any of the networks, when they sign up for that account, they subject themselves to all of the criticisms and all of the praises that may or may not be out there. So you can't get on social media and complain about the people because that's what you know you're dealing with. You have to hear it. You don't have to respond. Me personally, I don't respond to the negativity. It's gonna be there. I read it. It keeps me grounded.” PeopleKnowsMaySocialSubjectsMediaCriticismAccountsPraiseAthleteSocial MediaComplainingNegativityGroundedProfessional Athlete Author:George Wilson
“Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing.” PeopleMeanSometimesReadingMy OwnDealsShareMediaSingingConnectionsBasesRelateUpsetLife ExperienceNegativityMy Own LifeHopes And Fears Author:James Blunt
“Outgrew the media... The negativity felt like a disease.” FeltMediaDiseaseNegativity Author:Billy Connolly
“I do believe that the collapse of the traditional media is catastrophic for our democracy, but I wasn't about to mythologize it. I understand its structural flaws, and the lies it tells, which are primarily, but not always, the lies of omission, and I wasn't going to leave that out. Knopf offered to publish the book but they said that an editor was going to "take out all the negativity," which, of course, I wasn't going to accept. I had been paid half my advance, and I had Nation Books buy the manuscript for that half.” BelieveSaidBookLyingCoursesNationsHalfAcceptingDemocracyMediaPaidTraditionalFlawsEditorsCollapseNegativityThey SaidPublishManuscriptsOmission Author:Chris Hedges
“There is an element - particularly on social media - where I want to encourage positivity and kindness rather than negativity and bashing of other people. I think that is a way I try to incorporate social responsibility into my life, but I feel like my day to day is pretty average.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsTryingSocialResponsibilityKindnessMediaElementsAveragePositivitySocial MediaNegativityDay To DaySocial Responsibility Author:Danielle Panabaker
“You see the amount of bullying and negativity that goes on [social media] that is really, really intense, and I feel lucky that I came of age before all of that came on.” FeelsAgeSocialMediaGoes OnAmountLuckySocial MediaIntenseBullyingNegativity Author:Natalie Portman