Interrogating empathy in two long form texts: a comparative textual analysis of trauma affect

Joseph, S

Interrogating empathy in two long form texts: a comparative textual analysis of trauma affect

Joseph, S

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Citation:: Journalism, 2020
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Joseph, S https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-6633
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-25T06:48:34Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-25T06:48:34Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journalism, 2020
dc.identifier.issn	1464-8849
dc.identifier.issn	1741-3001
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143520
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2020. There are three traditional categories of empathy – emotional, cognitive and compassionate or radical. For decades, empathy was seen as the antithesis of any kind of good journalism; that the journalist must at all times maintain detachment in order to do her job. But this paper interrogates, through the textual analysis of two Australian long form texts, including several epitextual artefacts, how empathy can perform as an evocative tool of narrative literary journalism creating richer and deeper meaning and depth of understanding. Both texts are hybrids of the form, mixing narrative inquiry, reportage and personal reflective practice. Here I argue that the first text conflates emotional and compassionate empathy, while the second privileges cognitive and radical empathy, ultimately and startlingly advocating compassionate empathy. Both provide for their audience an intimate glimpse into the private lives of others affected by trauma or occupying a particular place in cyberspace.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Journalism
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1464884920949343
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies
dc.title	Interrogating empathy in two long form texts: a comparative textual analysis of trauma affect
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Creative Writing Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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© The Author(s) 2020. There are three traditional categories of empathy – emotional, cognitive and compassionate or radical. For decades, empathy was seen as the antithesis of any kind of good journalism; that the journalist must at all times maintain detachment in order to do her job. But this paper interrogates, through the textual analysis of two Australian long form texts, including several epitextual artefacts, how empathy can perform as an evocative tool of narrative literary journalism creating richer and deeper meaning and depth of understanding. Both texts are hybrids of the form, mixing narrative inquiry, reportage and personal reflective practice. Here I argue that the first text conflates emotional and compassionate empathy, while the second privileges cognitive and radical empathy, ultimately and startlingly advocating compassionate empathy. Both provide for their audience an intimate glimpse into the private lives of others affected by trauma or occupying a particular place in cyberspace.

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