Psychological Effects of Media Exposure
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Intermediate
Online
Course Abstract
Psychological Effects of Media Exposure is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores the psychological effects that media exposure has on both the witnesses and victims of traumatic events.
This course will explore why we are so drawn to traumatic events and how media portrayals of these events influence our thoughts, conclusions, and assumptions about them. It will then discuss how the intersection of trauma and media has evolved to provide a place for celebrity-like attention, political agendas, corporate positioning, and even the repackaging, marketing, and selling of grief.
Lastly, the course will look at the interventions and exercises clinicians can use to help their clients understand the effects of trauma becoming public, how to protect themselves, and most importantly, how to recover from traumatic experience – even when it becomes public.
Closeout Course #21-23 | 2018 | 44 pages | 15 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Describe the current trends in media consumption in the US
- Explain the effects of over-representation of violence within the media
- Summarize the effects of exposure to increased levels of sensationalized violence in the media
- Identify the effects of victims of crime being exposed to violence in the media
- Describe the outcomes of extensive media attention being given to mass traumas
- List the ways in which clinicians can be helpful to victims when trauma becomes public
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 2 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 2 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Occupational Therapy
Professional Development Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course provider ID# 3159. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.2 CEUs, intermediate level, OT Service Delivery]. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 2 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Teaching
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA Provider #AAUM); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA Provider #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR Prior Approval Program); the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145), State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135) and marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100), and the State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Customer Testimonials
Excellent course especially in understanding the impact that media has on our youth.
Wow! What a powerful and timely integration of current knowledge regarding the impact of media exposure and some healthy coping strategies! This information will be invaluable to me in my work with both parents and teens! And also, in my work with all individuals suffering amid the storm of violence swirling around us all in our culture today! Rather than appeal to "common sense" regarding the purposeful limiting of exposure, I will now come to our work armed with data! Thank you so much for this important information!
This was a fine continuing education experience.
I thought this was a good class and excellent topic. I think we will be seeing a lot more research on this subject in the future as social media is only going to increase.
Very glad to see courses on social media. I also learned a lot about The Parkland Shooting and stance the students have taken.
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Very helpful information in this course!
I really enjoyed this!! This course made me realize again the importance and value of sleep. THANK YOU PDR...I will visit you next year.
This was a very helpful, informative, and timely course that was very well written and applicable in treating many of our clients in this day and age.
Very interesting; impact is staggering. Very relevant to today's society.
The course was well written and organized. I gained valuable information, which has greatly increased my knowledge of this topic.
I came here to get CEs with a very pragmatic frame of mind. I have found I am learning much more than anticipated. The quality of the offerings is refreshing.
I like how important information is highlighted throughout. It aids in my learning when organized this way.
Glad to see some suggested ways to cope with the overconsumption of violence in everyday life. Thank you!
Very timely and useful in our current social media age. I hope to present some of these ideas to colleagues.
Very timely and useful in our current social media age. I hope to present some of these ideas to colleagues.
The course was a real thought stimulator. It certainly made me question my assumptions. I was most impressed by the statistics the rise of violence in PG-13 films+ the overall growth in media consumption.The analysis of the Parkland students was fascinating.
Extremely current and useful course that will help in my work with client distressed over media exposure of current events.
Very interesting course in which I learned a lot. Test was well-constructed and paralleled the course presentation.
I thought this was a very interesting topic that does not get a lot of attention. With the growing use of social media and cell phones as news sources, this is very helpful information for me as a clinician.
Very informative and geared toward clinical approaches to on going media exposure.
Very informative about exposure to media.
This was a well-written article, and more than relevant to the pros & cons of our current online 24-hour media age. The strategies provided at the end were also helpful ideas to dealing with the traumas imposed by the current COVID-19 health crisis impacting the world. I would recommend this course. The material is engaging and worth the time to complete (which is minimal).
I am not a huge consumer of social media so this course was most helpful in considering clients perspective.
Certainly relevant and timely in today's world!
I found the visual presentation and layout of the course helpful in increase recall of the author's points. Summaries at the end of sections were useful.
A very comprehensive summary of the research. Well done.
This course was so amazing and insightful. I'm going to use what I have learned in my practice.
An excellent and timely course. Very educational.
The course provided good insight into media exposure and how it relates to trauma.
Enjoyed the specific recommendations to clinicians on interventions to use with trauma survivors, as well as meaning-making questions.
Good information and very relevant!
Loved the section on tools that clinicians can use!!
Practical, applicable information and great presentation! Thank you!
Such important research - thank you for sharing and enhancing my knowledge/ practice.
This well-written course is vital for all Psychologists and other mental health therapists working with all types of clients, therapy programs, and therapy orientations. Media Exposure and its effects on people, psychologically, has greatly increased in our media-obsessed world. Thank you for an excellent course.
