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Funny memes online are helping people cope with the coronavirus pandemic, study suggests – especially if they’re about Covid-19 | South China Morning Post

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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 of the effects of the humorous online content. Such comical photos shared on social media can also increase people’s confidence in their ability to deal with the pandemic – but only if they are not too cutesy, according to the researchers, whose findings were published in the Psychology of Popular Media journal. The idea that memes , of all things, could be a key weapon in the mental health battle during the…

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