Citation

Papadopoulou L, Maniou TA, Pandia E. Communications 2022; 47(3): 350-374.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, International Association for Communication Research, Publisher De Gruyter Mouton)

DOI

10.1515/commun-2020-0050

PMID

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Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between the post-2008 global economic crisis and trauma journalism through a quantitative study of reporters covering austerity's everyday manifestations and examines the effects on the media professionals involved. The findings indicate that journalists who cover economic crisis-related incidents suffer specific symptoms of trauma. As such, the study re-conceptualizes the economic crisis as primarily affective for media workers, it establishes a direct correlation between the economic crisis and emotional trauma, and provides an insight into the kind of trauma that stems from covering austerity and its impact on society. A regression analysis of symptoms indicates trauma journalism as an emerging field of research into the economic crisis.

Language: en

Keywords

economic crisis; journalists; PTSD; trauma journalism