Vicarious Trauma
Autor
Datum obhajoby
2019-06-14
Fakulta
Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta
Katedra
Katedra fotografie
Typ práce
Bakalářská práce
Vedoucí
Oponent
Podnázev
Abstrakt
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.
Popis
Klíčová slova
masmédia, vizuální kultura, umění, diváci, psychická traumata