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Smith, Staci B.

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Make the Connection: Personal and institutional identity in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD campaign.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Make the Connection: Personal and institutional identity in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD campaign./
Author:	Smith, Staci B.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	102 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-02(E).
Subject:	Communication. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10182201
ISBN:	9781369306101

Make the Connection: Personal and institutional identity in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD campaign.
Smith, Staci B.

Make the Connection: Personal and institutional identity in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD campaign. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 102 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02.

Thesis (M.A.)--Purdue University, 2016.

The common procedure in a health campaign is to use fear and guilt appeals to influence health behaviors among target populations (Mattson & Lam, 2016). The use of identity, identification, and reframing in a health campaign has been relatively under-explored. This study examines invitations to identification and reframing in a specific health campaign, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) "Make the Connection" campaign. With the issues of mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaching high levels of attention in media and society, the VA's Make the Connection campaign encourages military veterans and their families to seek help for mental health illness. The campaign features videos from over 400 military veterans and their families depicting personal testimonials of their health illness and recovery process.

ISBN: 9781369306101Subjects--Topical Terms:

524709
Communication.

Make the Connection: Personal and institutional identity in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PTSD campaign.
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520 $a This study examines the strategies of inviting identification and reframing evident in Make the Connection campaign through a qualitative content analysis of 60 campaign videos. Findings show that efforts to invite identification and to reframe mental health illness and the VA were ample. Specifically, Burke's (1972) concepts of association and dissociation were evident throughout videos. Furthermore, video content seemed to reframe help-seeking so as to make it consistent with military values (e.g., help-seeking as a sign of strength rather than of weakness). Videos also reframed the VA as a caring institution.
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