Lauren Kogen

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Lauren Kogen

  • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

    • Media Studies and Production

      • Associate Professor

    • Media and Communication

Biography

Lauren Kogen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University. Her research focuses on communication for social change (how media and communication can promote positive social change for marginalized or underserved communities) and communication about social change (how information about social change work is communicated to policy makers and the public). She also conducts evaluations of media and communication interventions.

Research Interests

  • communication for social change
  • communication about social change
  • intimate partner violence
  • trauma
  • project evaluation
  • community-based research

Courses Taught

NUMBERNAMELEVEL
MSP 4496Global MediaUndergraduate

MSP 4454

Public Information Media Campaigns

Undergraduate

GDC 8002

Communication for Social Change Project Design

Graduate

MMC 9101

Communication Theory II

Graduate

MSP 8254

Public Information Media Campaigns

Graduate

MSP 5514Communication Research Methods Graduate

Education

 

DEGREEFIELDSCHOOL
BAEconomicsStanford University

MA

Cinema Studies

New York University

PhD

Communication

University of Pennsylvania

Personal website: LaurenKogen.com

Recent publications

Kogen, L., Cai, D.A., Pitts, C., Imms, P., Perkins, M., & Reeves, K. (2022). Are people hesitating – or just postponing – to get the Covid-19 vaccine? Vaccine outreach in marginalized urban communities. American Behavioral Scientist. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221138279

Kogen, L. (2022). Communicating for social change: A model of communicative power. The International Communication Gazette 84(7–8), 591–612. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485221104003

Kogen, L. (2022). From statistics to stories: Indices and indicators as communication tools for social change. The International Journal of Press/Politics. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221094246

Kogen, L. (2022). Better safe than sorry: Examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention. Journal of Applied Communication Research 50(2), 189-207.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521

Kogen, L. (2019). News you can use or news that moves? Journalists’ rationales for coverage of distant suffering. Journalism Practice 13(1), 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2017.1400395

Kogen, L. & Dilliplane, S. (2019). How media portrayals of suffering influence willingness to help: The role of solvability frames. Journal of Media Psychology 31(2), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000232

Kogen, L. (2019). Small group discussion to promote reflection and social change: A case study of a Half the Sky intervention in India. Community Development Journal 54(4), 695-712. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsy030

 

 

 

Biography

Lauren Kogen (PhD) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University. Her research addresses 1) communication for development and social change, both domestically and abroad (focusing on issues including the empowerment of marginalized groups, violence against women, and peacebuilding); and 2) communication about development and social change work, and specifically, how development-related issues and events are framed for American audiences in the mainstream news media. Much of her work also focuses on evaluations of communication-for-development interventions.

Research Interests

  • Global media
  • Journalism and international news
  • Social change
  • Development
  • Communication about global development
  • Social and behavior change campaigns

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

MSP 4454

Public Information Media Campaigns

Undergraduate

GDC 8002

Communication for Social Change Project Design

Graduate

MMC 9101

Communication Theory II

Graduate

MSP 8254

Public Information Media Campaigns

Graduate

MSP 9983

Directed Readings in Communication

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Kogen, L. (2022). 'Better safe than sorry': examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a US intimate partner violence intervention. JOURNAL of APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, 50(2), 189-207. 10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521

  • Kogen, L. & Dilliplane, S. (2019). How Media Portrayals of Suffering Influence Willingness to Help The Role of Solvability Frames. JOURNAL of MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY-THEORIES METHODS and APPLICATIONS, 31(2), 92-102. 10.1027/1864-1105/a000232

  • Kogen, L. (2019). NEWS YOU CAN USE OR NEWS THAT MOVES? Journalists' rationales for coverage of distant suffering. JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 13(1), 1-15. 10.1080/17512786.2017.1400395

  • Kogen, L. (2018). What have we learned here? Questioning accountability in aid policy and practice. EVALUATION, 24(1), 98-112. 10.1177/1356389017750195