Citation

Houston JB. Journal. Mass Commun. Q. 2009; 86(4): 844-861.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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 symptoms/reactions found greater effect sizes than studies assessing PTS disorder, studies assessing multiple media were associated With greater effects than those limited to television; youth samples yielded greater effects than adult samples; and studies of samples located farther away found greater effects than those of samples in the same city as the event.

Language: en