Media Coverage of Terrorism: A Meta-analytic Assessment of Media Use and Posttraumatic Stress.

This meta-analysis integrates twenty-three studies of media coverage of terrorism and posttraumatic stress (PTS) to examine cumulative effect and potential moderators. Overall, a significant effect size (r = .152) for exposure to coverage of terrorism and PTS was found. Studies assessing PTS symptom...

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Published in:	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 844 - 862
Main Author:	Houston, J. Brian
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Winter2009
Subjects:	Terrorism in the press Post-traumatic stress disorder Mass media use Terrorism & psychology American journalism News audiences Psychology
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