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Fact Sheets
How are Trauma Stories Framed? / April 2008
News stories provide their own context and structure, or "frame." This fact sheet summarizes the existing research literature on how news stories do this in practice, and finds that "lack of context is common and problematic."
The Effects of News 'Frames' / January 2008
Stories are framed in different ways, but how does context or its absence affect the reader? This fact sheet summarizes the existing research literature on this question, finding significant effects with implications for journalists, editors and researchers.
How are Crime and Violence Covered in the News? / November 2006
How representative is our daily news of actual events in our communities? Do reporting trends mirror or shape reality? This fact sheet reviews reporting trends in crime news and what is known about the influence of this reporting/coverage on consumers.
Directory of Journals that Publish Journalism and Trauma Research / May 2006
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of journalism and trauma research, journals from a variety of scholarly fields are appropriate outlets for new work in this emerging area of study.
Children & Media Coverage of Tragedy / March 2006
The relationship between news consumption and psychological distress among children is a vital public health concern. This fact sheet reviews the existing research on this topic so that journalists, editors, publishers, and caregivers of children can form evidence-based decisions.
Effects of Coverage on the Public / December 2005
Does watching trauma-related news induce or worsen psychological reactions in some people? What do journalists need to know about the evidence regarding the impact of trauma-related news coverage?
Covering Trauma and Disaster / October 2005
Researchers are only beginning to examine how covering disaster and human suffering affects journalists. Does this work pose an occupational risk? Does covering trauma affect journalists’ quality of life?
From Dart Center Researchers
'Choosing Graphic Visuals'
Meg Spratt (Dart Center research coordinator) and April Peterson find that decisions regarding use of graphic images are rarely made on the basis of official policies or standards. Instead, decisions are often "based partly on loose journalistic guidelines or on intuition and the editors' own visceral reactions."
'Of Photographs & Flags'
Pre- and post-September 11 surveys show a striking difference in emotional responses to Joe Rosenthal's 'Flag Raising on Iwo Jima' photograph, according to a new study by Dart Center research coordinator Meg Spratt and co-authors April Peterson and Taso Lagos.
Trauma & Photojournalists
Witnessing death and injury takes a cumulative psychological toll on photojournalists, according to a study by Elana Newman, Roger Simpson and David Handschuh.
Journalists & Traumatic Stress
News workers, contrary to a common assumption, may have trauma responses similar to those of police and firefighters, Roger Simpson and James G. Boggs found.
"Covering Violence" By William Coté of the Michigan State University journalism faculty and Roger Simpson, director of the Dart Center.
Ochberg Award
Feinstein Receives 2005 Ochberg Award
The field of media and trauma studies has grown significantly during the past half decade, with important research being conducted in areas such as psychiatry, psychology, sociology and communications. Sponsored by ISTSS, the Frank Ochberg award seeks to reward such study. For research by Anthony Feinstein, see:
»Reporting Under Fire: Understanding Psychopathology of War Journalists
Ghaffar, O., & Feinstein, A. (2005) Psychiatric Times, 22(4).
»Embedded Journalists in the Iraq War: Are They at Greater Psychological Risk?
Feinstein, A., & Nicolson, D. (2005) Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(2), 129-132.
»A Hazardous Profession: War, Journalists and Psychopathology
Feinstein, A., Owen, J., & Blair, N. (2002) American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(9), 1570-1575.
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