2020
DOI: 10.21061/jvs.v6i3.207
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Mental Representations of Military Veterans: The Pictures (and Words) In Our Heads

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“…This sort of knowledge production can be reifying, reductionist, and instrumental, and unfortunately, can be leveraged by unscrupulous entities, perhaps suggesting an underlying issue rooted in morality. In one recent study (Parrott et al, 2020), researchers asked U.S. adults to picture and then describe a military veteran. Respondents were more likely to use terms such as PTSD and trauma when the image came from mass media compared to personal experience (such as military service or the service of friends or family).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This sort of knowledge production can be reifying, reductionist, and instrumental, and unfortunately, can be leveraged by unscrupulous entities, perhaps suggesting an underlying issue rooted in morality. In one recent study (Parrott et al, 2020), researchers asked U.S. adults to picture and then describe a military veteran. Respondents were more likely to use terms such as PTSD and trauma when the image came from mass media compared to personal experience (such as military service or the service of friends or family).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second, many transitioning Veterans also struggle to navigate seemingly conflicting stereotypes about what it means to be a Veteran. On the one hand, society stereotypes Veterans as “Captain America”—strong, independent, patriotic, and resilient; on the other, Veterans are also stereotyped as damaged, broken, traumatized, and dangerous (Kleykamp & Hipes, 2015; Parrott et al, 2020; Rhidenour, et al, 2019). For many transitioning Veterans, a perceived failure to embody the former is catastrophized as evidence that the Veteran instead embodies the latter.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As exploratory research, the study contributes to theoretical development concerning mass media and the military-civilian divide. It supplements a budding field of research into (1) mass media content concerning military culture, (2) content creation, and (3) outcomes of exposure (e.g., Parrott et al, 2020Parrott et al, , 2022. A theoretical model emerges based on the existing evidence, providing testable hypotheses for future research:…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%