Open AccessTrauma and reporters: And the reporting of suicide in media
Author(s) -
Anna Shadbolt
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v7i1.713
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , advertising , media studies , public relations , everyday life , criminology , political science , history , sociology , business , law
Trauma is an inevitable part of everyday life in the Pacific. The media is a powerful force and when used effectively it ca help to mobilise assitance for victims and survivors. Sometimes, getting that message across has a pschological cost.