Journalists, anxiety and media as an intra-psychic screen
Dufour, Y.R.; Dufour-Gompers, N.
Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences 22(4): 315-323
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0333-7308 PMID: 3836227 Document Number: 245076
The communications media not only disseminate information, opinions and comments - the keys to real democratic life- but journalists also intervene in the fanciful game which occurs between our minds and the external world. The psychological training of the journalist must go beyond the knowledge of his subject, of communication techniques, or even of the awareness of his own public image. The knowledge and understanding of these psychological processes must be integrated into this training. The author's experience throws light upon the possible contribution of the clinical psychologist to the communications media.