Empathy cultivation through (pro)social media: a counter to compassion fatigue

While a sizable body of literature suggests that repeated exposure to images of suffering may provoke compassion fatigue and news avoidance in audiences, this paper examines whether a different kind of representation can allow viewers to connect with the subjects of media coverage, cultivating empat...

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Main Author: Roberts, Jessica Stewart (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36246
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/36246