The document discusses two research studies on the negative effects of frightening or exaggerated news content. A survey found that 6th graders had vivid memories of disturbing news content they had seen. Another study looked at how news sourcing during the 2001 anthrax attacks exaggerated risks and caused a more negative public reaction. Both examples show how alarming or overstated news coverage can impact viewers, especially children, by causing fear and anxiety.

2. OR… LISTEN TO THE RADIO, GET ON FACEBOOK, SEARCH THE
INTERNET, ETC???

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7. AND STRECH IT TO
TAKE
MAKE IT THIS:
SOMETHING
LIKE THIS:

8. THINK ABOUT HOW WHAT SAYS
EFFECTS HOW YOU REACT… AND
EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU

9. FOR
EXAMPLE!

10. In the article “People killing people
on the news”: Young children's
descriptions of frightening television
news content.
A survey was taken on 6
th
graders and the effect watching
the news had on their everyday
life. A qualitative analysis
suggests that these children
had vividmemories of the
disturbing news content
each one of them witnessed.

12. The article: “Delivering the scary news:
Newspaper sourcing in a bioterrorism
crisis.” focuses on:
The risk of communication factors in news
sourcing, again portraying the negatives of
the media’s reaction disaster.
This article gives a specific example
referencing back to the 2001 Anthrax
terrorist attack.
These stories possessed a sense of
exaggerating, thus causing a more negative
reaction by the public.

13. THIS
NEGATIVE
EFFECT
HAPPENS
WITH
MOST
CASES!

14. THE NEGATIVITY AND EXAGGERATION
COMING FROM GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA’S
REACTION TO DISASTER EFFECTS US ALL!

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Example
on
slide
6
fron:
• Riddle,
K.,
Cantor,
J.,
Byrne,
S.,
&
Moyer-­‐Gusé,
E.
(2012).
“People
killing
people
on
the
news”:
Young
children's
descripTons
of
frightening
television
news
content.
Communica)on
Quarterly,
60(2),
278-­‐294.
doi:10.1080/01463373.2012.669340
• Example
on
slide
123
from:
• Swain,
K.
(2012).
Delivering
the
scary
news:
Newspaper
sourcing
in
a
bioterrorism
crisis.
Online
Journal
Of
Communica)on
&
Media
Technologies,
2(2),
29-­‐56.