In the Face of Mediated Distant Suffering: An Experimental Study on the Impact of Proximity and Agency on Audience Responses to Humanitarian Crisis

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title
In the Face of Mediated Distant Suffering: An Experimental Study on the Impact of Proximity and Agency on Audience Responses to Humanitarian Crisis
Project Number
142
Abstract
This questionnaire aims to answer the research question: How are compassion, perceived similarity and moral responsibility affected by the reported proximity and resilience of the victim in news representations of distant suffering?
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
03-11-2014
End date
25-11-2014
Researcher
J. von Engelhardt; J. Jansz
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2015 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-2zy-nkvt

Datasets and documentation

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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file

Variables

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Questions

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Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 1,191 (100%)
Non-response: 181 (15.2%)
Response: 1,010 (84.8%)
Complete: 822 (69.0%)
Incomplete: 188 (15.8%)
Collection Events
Period
03-11-2014 to 25-11-2014
Sample
random 1,191 panel members who answered to the empathy items ed11a027 - ed11a034
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.