In the news, everything is polarized and negative.
On the streets, in my anecdotal experience of 1, everyone is happy, friendly, and things are good. There is disagreement but tolerance about politics, and in most cases a assumption of "not bad" faith.
My high school principal once told me - you cannot be happy, nor by extension do anything productive, within 1 hour of reading the news.
I don't own a smartphone, and I suspect that has to do with my narrow experience. But, I really wonder how much the various media outlets are negatively shaping reality.