Who cares for the suffering other? A survey-based study into reactions toward images of distant suffering
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- Eline Huiberts (UGent) and Stijn Joye (UGent)
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- Abstract
- A growing number of scholars have empirically engaged with audience reactions toward mediated distant suffering, albeit mainly on a small, qualitative scale. By conducting quantitative research, this study contributes to the knowledge about people's reactions toward distant suffering on a greater scale, representative of a Western audience. Following a critical realist approach, a survey was developed and several independent constructs were found by doing an exploratory factor analysis which represents people's engagement with distant suffering. We also found four clusters based on a k-means cluster analysis that portrays typical ways of responding to distant suffering. These clusters have been controlled for people's background, indicators of age, gender, education and people's donation behavior, media use, and news interests.
- Keywords
- Audience studies, distant suffering, emotional response, moral responsibility, survey, AUDIENCE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8615606
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- Huiberts, Eline, and Stijn Joye. “Who Cares for the Suffering Other? A Survey-Based Study into Reactions toward Images of Distant Suffering.” INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE, vol. 81, no. 6–8, 2019, pp. 562–79, doi:10.1177/1748048518825324.
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- Huiberts, E., & Joye, S. (2019). Who cares for the suffering other? A survey-based study into reactions toward images of distant suffering. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE, 81(6–8), 562–579. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048518825324
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- Huiberts, Eline, and Stijn Joye. 2019. “Who Cares for the Suffering Other? A Survey-Based Study into Reactions toward Images of Distant Suffering.” INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE 81 (6–8): 562–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048518825324.
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- Huiberts, Eline, and Stijn Joye. 2019. “Who Cares for the Suffering Other? A Survey-Based Study into Reactions toward Images of Distant Suffering.” INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE 81 (6–8): 562–579. doi:10.1177/1748048518825324.
- Vancouver
- 1.Huiberts E, Joye S. Who cares for the suffering other? A survey-based study into reactions toward images of distant suffering. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE. 2019;81(6–8):562–79.
- IEEE
- [1]E. Huiberts and S. Joye, “Who cares for the suffering other? A survey-based study into reactions toward images of distant suffering,” INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE, vol. 81, no. 6–8, pp. 562–579, 2019.
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abstract = {{A growing number of scholars have empirically engaged with audience reactions toward mediated distant suffering, albeit mainly on a small, qualitative scale. By conducting quantitative research, this study contributes to the knowledge about people's reactions toward distant suffering on a greater scale, representative of a Western audience. Following a critical realist approach, a survey was developed and several independent constructs were found by doing an exploratory factor analysis which represents people's engagement with distant suffering. We also found four clusters based on a k-means cluster analysis that portrays typical ways of responding to distant suffering. These clusters have been controlled for people's background, indicators of age, gender, education and people's donation behavior, media use, and news interests.}},
author = {{Huiberts, Eline and Joye, Stijn}},
issn = {{1748-0485}},
journal = {{INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE}},
keywords = {{Audience studies,distant suffering,emotional response,moral responsibility,survey,AUDIENCE}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{6-8}},
pages = {{562--579}},
title = {{Who cares for the suffering other? A survey-based study into reactions toward images of distant suffering}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/1748048518825324}},
volume = {{81}},
year = {{2019}},
}
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