"The research presented here was sponsored by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The goal of the project is to facilitate the design and advancement of effective ways of communicating about what constitutes sexual violence and what can be done to address this in the United States. This particular report lays the groundwork for much of this larger reframing
effort by examining both the expert discourse on sexual violence and how Americans talk and think about the topic. The comparison of these two spheres of understanding is used to locate and examine gaps in understanding that can ultimately be addressed through various communication strategies. Future phases of the larger project will seek to fill these gaps by designing and testing tools that can effectively and efficiently be employed to make expert knowledge available and accessible to Americans in how they understand this issue and its solutions." (From the introduction). Sexual Violence: The Pictures in People’s Heads (a video presentation) is also available from the website. This 15-minute video presentation on Sexual Violence provides an overview of the key findings from the report. Record #5517