Roxane Cohen Silver

Research psychologist, University of California, Irvine

Guest

Professor of Psychology and Public Health at UC Irvine, and an international expert in the field of stress and coping who studies the long-term psychological and physical reactions to traumatic experiences, including terror attacks.

Roxane Cohen Silver on KCRW

Does the news really have to be all that bad, or does our addiction to catastrophe drive outlets to deliver what sells? How might today’s media be fixed?

Is catastrophic news coverage fit for human consumption?

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