Ogunyemi,, O. and Price, L.T. (2023) Exploring the attitudes of journalism educators to teach trauma-informed literacy: an analysis of a global survey. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 78 (2). pp. 214-232. ISSN 1077-6958
Abstract
Literature notes that most journalists will witness trauma and human suffering during the course of their careers, yet journalism education is lagging behind in preparing students to cope with the effects of exposure to traumatic events. This paper examines the attitudes of journalism educators/trainers toward trauma literacy through a questionnaire survey of 119 journalism educators globally. The findings show that a high percentage of educators have a good understanding of the risks that arise from exposure to critical and potentially traumatizing events but there are some barriers to teaching trauma including lack of knowledge/confidence, resources, time, and teaching materials.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 AEJMC 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). Request permissions for this article. |
Keywords: | journalism curricula; post-traumatic stress disorder; coping strategies; trauma literacy; journalists |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2023 17:26 |
Last Modified: | 15 May 2023 14:48 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/10776958221143466 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195497 |