Vicarious Trauma
Authors
Date of thesis defence
2019-06-14T00:00:01Z
Faculty
Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta
Department
Katedra fotografie
Type of work
Bakalářská práce
Advisor
Referee
Abstract
The construct of this thesis is an examination of the role of trauma or traumatic
events within a viewer’s vicarious experience. The fundamental aspects, which I will be
examining, in order to understand this role, will be vicarious witnessing of traumatic
events via media and art. Beginning with how trauma is understood in a clinical sense,
the thesis will explore the definition and the history of trauma. Furthermore, the thesis will
explore the understanding of vicarious trauma through media witnessing. This thesis
presents case studies in which the experience of a traumatic event is portrayed, in a
vicarious capacity, to an audience, whether it be through mass media, or contemporary
art and will establish the importance and role of vicarious trauma in today’s society.
Description
Keywords
masmédia, vizuální kultura, umění, diváci, psychická traumata