This time the group met to discuss how psychology understands trauma, as well as the interrelation between justice and media and how these spheres approach trauma.

Or Shalev (University of Haifa) has made a presentation regarding intergenerational transmission of trauma, which can be transmitted unspokenly throughout generations. Narratives about the traumatizing events tend to be created with a decreased feeling of threat by the younger generation in comparison to their ancestors. Danieli, Y. 1998. “Introduction: History and Conceptual Foundations”. In Danieli, Y. International Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. New York: Springer, 1-20. 

Liora Cohen (University of Haifa) made a presentation on models by which a litigation strategy can be planned in relation to the influence of subjective communication. The focus of the discussion were cases with news prominence and the effects of how media perceives litigators. For the discussion, the presenter suggested the reading of Gunther, A., Storey, J. 2003. “The influence of presumed influence”. Journal of Communication, 53, 199-215.