Abstract This project investigates narratives of survivors of sex trafficking posted on YouTube and focuses specifically on moments when the survivor started a transition from being trafficked to becoming free. Narrative analysis is used to explore recurrent narrative features and we find that the description of life or death circumstances is one common context for the decision to escape being trafficked. Furthermore, we show how speakers use reported private thoughts (RPT) to narrate the turning point in which they had a realization about their current situation. We examine how the speaker reconstructs her realization, her in-the-moment stance, and subsequent agency in her turning point narrative as she reports how and why she took action to make a change in the situation. The analysis provides insight into how survivors of sex trafficking have transitioned away from trafficking, and how they reconstruct their agency in doing so.

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在性交易幸存者的叙述中使用报告的私人思想重建机构

摘要 该项目调查了发布在 YouTube 上的性贩卖幸存者的叙述，并特别关注幸存者开始从被贩卖到获得自由的过渡时刻。叙事分析用于探索反复出现的叙事特征，我们发现对生死情况的描述是决定逃避被贩运的一种常见背景。此外，我们展示了演讲者如何使用报告的私人想法 (RPT) 来叙述他们对当前状况有所了解的转折点。我们研究演讲者如何在她的转折点叙述中重建她的认识、她当下的立场以及随后的能动性，因为她报告了她如何以及为什么采取行动来改变情况。