Effects of Media Coverage on Traumatic Events

How media coverage of traumatic
events effects individuals

Table of Contents
Overview......................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Overview
The current report is based upon the traumatic events which directly show the increased
rates of acute stress disorder, post- traumatic stress disorder and major depression due to media.
Through this essay, will describe how media off traumatic events affect the PTSD.
MAIN BODY
Media plays a crucial role in the aftermath of the traumatic event because it provides all
needed information and also makes an announcement and gives instruction with regards to any
specific event which is necessary to know by a victims (Misganaw and et.al., 2019). As per the
secondary research, it is analyzed that many people are unable to resist news coverage of
traumatic events like, disaster and terrorist attacks. Even research also states that there is a direct
link between watching news of traumatic events and stress symptoms such that watching
television to know the detail of any event also makes the people worse and cause negative impact
upon their health. Many researchers also states that the people who have more severe stress
reactions are those who choose to watch more television about these types of events. There are
many events which also show the connection:
When Oklahoma City bombing was held, at that time, watching bomb- related news did
not increase the PTSD symptoms among adults. Therefore, research states that the children who
watched the most coverage were reported to have more stress symptoms as compared to those
who watched less coverage. Further, there is another case i.e. children from Kuwait had also
increased PTSD symptoms after viewing some televised images of the violence and death which
is further related to the Gulf war. In addition to this, it is analyzed that after September 11, there
were 1008 adults in Manhattan were reported viewing the television images of the tragedy every
day. This is also lead to affect their overall mental stress (Media exposure to Traumatic event
can be more stressful than being there, 2019). Research also stated that this image is also
connected with the stress functions and when the research had been put it is analyzed that 92
percent of them are reported they feel sadness, while 77 percent of them have fear while on the
other side, 45% are feeling tired out. These all are the symptoms of PTSD.