School of Public Health, Southeast University.
Department of Humanities, South East Technological University.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2023 Jul;18(4):908-911. doi: 10.1177/17456916221109609. Epub 2022 Oct 27.
War could be traumatic. War trauma could often lead to severe and sustained health consequences on people's physical and psychological health. War trauma is often prevalent in people who either participated in the war or lived near conflict zones, such as military professionals, refugees, and health workers. Advances in information and communication technologies, such as the speed, scale, and scope at which people worldwide could be exposed to the near-time happenings of the war, mean that an unprecedented number of people could face media-induced war trauma. Different from war experienced in person, which could be limited in scope and intensity, media-induced war trauma can be substantially more extensive and comprehensive-news reports on the war often cover all aspects and angles possible, possibly paired with disturbing, if not demoralizing, images, repeatedly 24/7. Although media-induced war trauma could have a profound influence on people's mental health, particularly factoring in the compounding challenges caused by the pandemic, there is a dearth of research in the literature. To shed light on this issue, in this article, we aim to examine the implications of media-induced war trauma on people's health and well-being. Furthermore, we discuss the duties and responsibilities of the media industry amid and beyond the current conflicts in Ukraine.
战争可能会造成创伤。战争创伤通常会对人们的身心健康造成严重且持续的影响。战争创伤通常在以下人群中较为常见：要么是参与过战争的人，要么是居住在冲突地区附近的人，例如军人、难民和卫生工作者。信息和通信技术的进步，例如人们接触战争实时事件的速度、规模和范围，意味着前所未有的更多人可能会面临媒体引发的战争创伤。与亲身经历的战争不同，后者的范围和强度可能有限，媒体引发的战争创伤可能更为广泛和全面——有关战争的新闻报道通常涵盖了所有可能的方面和角度，可能还伴有令人不安、甚至令人沮丧的图像，24 小时不间断地重复播放。尽管媒体引发的战争创伤可能会对人们的心理健康产生深远影响，尤其是考虑到大流行带来的叠加挑战，但文献中对此类创伤的研究却很少。为了阐明这个问题，本文旨在探讨媒体引发的战争创伤对人们健康和福祉的影响。此外，我们还讨论了媒体行业在乌克兰当前冲突期间和之后的职责和责任。
