Presenter Information
Preston Carmack, Ph.D. student, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University.
Abstract
This study explores the role of meaning in a crisis situation by using Viktor Frankl’s tripod of meaning and Matthew Seeger and Timothy Sellnow’s narratives of renewal. Drawing from focus groups conducted in a large mid-Atlantic city where community members are embedded in the middle of the opioid crisis, the findings suggest that resiliency in the face of crisis can be encouraged to take root through a mapping of meaning that highlights gratitude and responsibility.
School
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Advisor
Janie Harden Fritz
Submission Type
Paper
Publication Date
March 2021
Included in
Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons
Mapping Meaning at the Crossroads of Crisis: Narratives of Renewal in the Midst of the Opioid Epidemic
This study explores the role of meaning in a crisis situation by using Viktor Frankl’s tripod of meaning and Matthew Seeger and Timothy Sellnow’s narratives of renewal. Drawing from focus groups conducted in a large mid-Atlantic city where community members are embedded in the middle of the opioid crisis, the findings suggest that resiliency in the face of crisis can be encouraged to take root through a mapping of meaning that highlights gratitude and responsibility.