Photograph of Roxane Cohen Silver, UCI Distinguished Professor of psychological science, medicine and public health
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UCI Podcast: Managing media intake amid traumatic times

Roxane Cohen Silver on how graphic images from catastrophic events depicted in the news may affect health

Media Resources

Virus experts warn vaccinated people over 75 to do this immediately

Best Life, May 3, 2022

6 ways: Early pandemic Covid-19 risk was expressed on social media

The Herald, Oct. 5, 2021

Social media posts wrongly claim vaccination can happen only during lockdowns

PolitiFact, April 2, 2021

Study: Rise in depression, stress linked to COVID-19 pandemic and media exposure

Inquisitr, Sept. 19, 2020

Rising stress and depression in coronavirus-related losses and media consumption

Neuroscience News, Sept. 19, 2020

Pandemic-related losses and media exposure linked to stress and depression

Earth.com, Sept. 18, 2020

The study’s lead author, E. Alison Holman, UCI professor of nursing

Study links rising stress, depression in U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media consumption

UCI researchers suggest providing mental health services to those with the greatest need

Faculty member receives grant to study the impact of digital media on child development

Stephanie Reich, UCI associate professor of education, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to research how digital media influences child development. Data from her earlier NICHD-funded Baby Books 2 project will be used to describe the media habits of ethnically and linguistically […]