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dc.contributor.advisorMendelson, Andrew L. (Andrew Lawrence), 1967-
dc.contributor.advisorCai, Deborah A.
dc.creatorMidberry, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T15:27:55Z
dc.date.available2020-10-27T15:27:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.other965642566
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/1918
dc.description.abstractAlthough it has long been assumed that pictures depicting the human suffering of war evoke empathy and compassion, which leads to social action, there is little empirical evidence of that claim. This study aimed to fill the gap in visual communication theory about the effects of war photojournalism on media consumers' emotional and behavioral responses. This mixed methods design included a between-subjects experimental design tested whether photos (from conflicts in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo) with a human-cost-of-war visual frame had significantly different effects on participants' levels of empathy, compassion, personal distress, other-oriented distress, and information seeking than pictures with a militarism visual frame. A second study used series of focus group discussions, to investigate how media consumers make meaning out of images of conflict. The findings expand our understanding about the way audiences react to conflict photos, and they have implications for how photo editors might present audiences with images of war that will engage audiences.
dc.format.extent186 pages
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTemple University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofTheses and Dissertations
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dc.subjectJournalism
dc.subjectMass Communication
dc.subjectCompassion
dc.subjectEmpathy
dc.subjectInformation Seeking
dc.subjectPhotography
dc.subjectPhotojournalism
dc.subjectWar
dc.titleVisual Frames of War Photojournalism, Empathy, Compassion, and Information Seeking
dc.typeText
dc.type.genreThesis/Dissertation
dc.contributor.committeememberDarling-Wolf, Fabienne
dc.contributor.committeememberHolbert, R. Lance
dc.contributor.committeememberArceneaux, Kevin
dc.description.departmentMedia & Communication
dc.relation.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/1900
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dc.description.degreePh.D.
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