The COVID-19 pandemic forced unprecedented changes upon journalists in the United States as they attempted to cover the story while adhering to the same stay-at-home orders as the rest of the public. This study used organizational support theory to investigate the stress associated with the logistics of coverage early in the pandemic and how perceived organizational support played a role in either alleviating or adding to that stress. In total, 222 journalists responded to a survey sent out during the first few weeks of the stay-at-home orders issued across the United States. Results revealed varying degrees of logistical support provided by news organizations with nearly one quarter receiving no supplies, technology, or extra training at all. Greater perceived organizational support was associated with lower levels of stress and higher levels of work commitment. Female journalists and those who were younger and less experienced felt significantly more stress associated with pandemic coverage.
In Transmitted Wounds, the author explores the relationship between media and trauma, arguing the 'conjunction of media and trauma affords an opportunity to rethink the ontology of pain while retaining a critical perspective on the consequences of traumatic transmissions' (p. 18). The central thesis of the book is that media mediate trauma in such a way as to fundamentally change the way trauma is regarded and experienced. Through a case study approach, the author 'addresses the question of how changing media -with their associated notions, techniques, and artifacts -change the understanding of trauma itself' (p. 4).Each chapter is a stand-alone discussion focusing on a different type of media and instance of its intertwining with trauma. For example, in Chapter 1, the author argues that the radio broadcasts of the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961 transformed the private traumas of holocaust survivors into a socially shared trauma, which instigated 'a fundamental shift in the survivors themselves and in their public perception in Israel' (p. 34).Chapter 2 discusses the 1979 Holocaust Survivors Film Project, which featured video interviews with 4500 holocaust survivors. The author suggests this type of archive 'is designed to store precisely that which cannot be properly archived by writing -trauma' (p. 63). And, as such, he introduces the argument that the transmission of trauma includes the possibility that the transmission itself can be traumatic. This assertion continues in Chapter 3 as the author uses three separate cases to explain the impact of screen trauma, arguing that 'the screen' functions as a potential locus of trauma due to the power of the combination of audio and visual. Supported with research on film, television, and drone footage, the author smartly traces the history of how the potentially noxious effects of media viewing came to be recognized.Chapter 4 moves to digital media, focusing on a program at the University of Southern California that used holographic technology to bring the testimonies of holocaust survivors to life in an interactive experience. The author argues that this generation of media 'is concerned primarily with reception -more precisely with interaction as a means of memorialization ' (p. 89
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