13-03-2006, 05:33 PM
March 13, 2005
Good Morning
Beyond The Trauma Vortex: The Media's Role in Healing Fear, Terror, and Violence by Gina Ross and Foreword by Dr. Peter A. Levine, Author of Waking the Tiger is an excellent book. Quoted from the back cover of the book are the following: The power of this book lies in its passionate appeal to news and entertainment media for their help in turning the horrors of history into healing and peace. Beyond the Trauma Vortex clarifies how reactions to trauma can influence reporting in ways that distort news coverage for readers and viewers, adding to their confusion and helplessness rather than informing and moving them to constructive action
_____Migael M Scherer
Journalist, teacher , and author of Still Loved by the /Sun: A Rape Survior's Journal.
Author Gina Ross says under heading THE MEDIA's CHALLENGE: Clearly, the media has the power to stir up passions. It has long been used as a vehicle to mobilize people around an issue, be it the German media rallying Nazi sympathizers to the Third Reich, American newreels rallying concerned citizens during World War II, or Al Jazeera rallying Muslums around the world. The media is one of the most powerful forces in shaping the world in the twenty-first century. It is more influential than ever as information is now instantly accessible to the entire world, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. The capacity to televise anything live from anywhere has changed the impact of information. Critical though this change may be, we may not have slowed down long enough to analyze this shift or evaluate its effects.
The media's challenge in the new millennium is as follows: If coverage of trauma helps to " normalize" violence, then the coverage of our collective healing capacity could normalize harmony. Members of the press can and increasingly do take on leadership roles that support the best values of our society in unprecedented ways. The media determines what the general public will see, and it knows how to use the power of suggestion. It can reflect society in ways that foster well being by covering tragic everts in the context of the healing vortex. This has been a direct quote from Gina Ross's book....good book recommend reading.
Be well,
Rob
Good Morning
Beyond The Trauma Vortex: The Media's Role in Healing Fear, Terror, and Violence by Gina Ross and Foreword by Dr. Peter A. Levine, Author of Waking the Tiger is an excellent book. Quoted from the back cover of the book are the following: The power of this book lies in its passionate appeal to news and entertainment media for their help in turning the horrors of history into healing and peace. Beyond the Trauma Vortex clarifies how reactions to trauma can influence reporting in ways that distort news coverage for readers and viewers, adding to their confusion and helplessness rather than informing and moving them to constructive action
_____Migael M Scherer
Journalist, teacher , and author of Still Loved by the /Sun: A Rape Survior's Journal.
Author Gina Ross says under heading THE MEDIA's CHALLENGE: Clearly, the media has the power to stir up passions. It has long been used as a vehicle to mobilize people around an issue, be it the German media rallying Nazi sympathizers to the Third Reich, American newreels rallying concerned citizens during World War II, or Al Jazeera rallying Muslums around the world. The media is one of the most powerful forces in shaping the world in the twenty-first century. It is more influential than ever as information is now instantly accessible to the entire world, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. The capacity to televise anything live from anywhere has changed the impact of information. Critical though this change may be, we may not have slowed down long enough to analyze this shift or evaluate its effects.
The media's challenge in the new millennium is as follows: If coverage of trauma helps to " normalize" violence, then the coverage of our collective healing capacity could normalize harmony. Members of the press can and increasingly do take on leadership roles that support the best values of our society in unprecedented ways. The media determines what the general public will see, and it knows how to use the power of suggestion. It can reflect society in ways that foster well being by covering tragic everts in the context of the healing vortex. This has been a direct quote from Gina Ross's book....good book recommend reading.
Be well,
Rob