UO J-school and psychology team up to explore “psychic numbing”

It’s something we’ve all experienced: A numbness to news of atrocities across the globe.

Now Scott Maier, a professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, will team up with psychology professor Paul Slovic to see how media coverage of such crises can be improved.

Maier and Slovic were awarded a $4,000 research grant for their proposal, “Overcoming Psychic Numbing: Creating Better Media Coverage of Mass Atrocities.”