‘Better safe than sorry’: examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention
dc.creator | Kogen, Lauren | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-26T16:30:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-26T16:30:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-09-24 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kogen, L. (2021). ‘Better safe than sorry’: examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention, Journal of Applied Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1479-5752 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/7236 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/7257 | |
dc.description.abstract | Communication for social change (CSC) research often addresses ‘empowerment.’ This paper argues that CSC must better incorporate trauma healing into the concept of empowerment, and thus into a revised model of social change. Data from a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention are used to provide evidence for the validity of, and usefulness of, such a revised model. Three broad theoretical arguments are offered regarding trauma within CSC: (1) trauma is rarely addressed outside peacebuilding interventions, but is relevant to other marginalized populations; (2) storytelling work has mostly focused on its politically empowering effects, and insufficiently on its healing effects related to trauma as a precursor to political empowerment; and (3) storytelling work almost always assumes an audience, but there is also value in internal communication – e.g. telling a story to oneself or journaling – when trauma has limited one’s opportunities for communication. | |
dc.format.extent | 20 pages | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Faculty/ Researcher Works | |
dc.relation.haspart | Journal of Applied Communication Research | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | Routledge | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in 'Journal of Applied Communication Research' on 2021-09-24, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521. | |
dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
dc.subject | Communication for social change | |
dc.subject | Empowerment | |
dc.subject | Intimate partner violence | |
dc.subject | Storytelling | |
dc.subject | Trauma | |
dc.title | ‘Better safe than sorry’: examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention | |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Post-print | |
dc.description.department | Media Studies and Production | |
dc.relation.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521 | |
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dc.description.schoolcollege | Klein College of Media and Communication | |
dc.temple.creator | Kogen, Lauren | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-01-26T16:30:16Z | |
dc.embargo.lift | 03/24/2023 |