The document analyzes how news media consumption can lead to compassion fatigue in young adults. It defines compassion fatigue as overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism, and detachment from issues covered in the news. Young adults now get most of their news from digital media like social media platforms. News agencies select emotionally engaging stories to maximize viewership, but this focus on sensationalism may cause fatigue rather than empathy in audiences. Frequent and prolonged exposure to tragic news coverage can make people numb and less likely to donate to related causes. The document proposes an experimental study of how media habits, feelings of burnout, and willingness to take action relate across topics for young adult news consumers. It concludes more research is needed to understand media impacts and help communicate