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Anxiety-driven information
content consumed to manage emotional states rather than to acquire knowledge, where the information itself is almost irrelevant and the act of checking provides brief anxiety reduction
Why This Is a Definition
This definition establishes 'anxiety-driven information' by identifying its genus (content consumed) and differentia (motivated by emotional state management rather than knowledge acquisition). It clearly distinguishes it from other information types by focusing on the emotional function (anxiety reduction) rather than cognitive function (knowledge acquisition).