Seu, Irene Bruna and Orgad, S. and Fathi, M. (2013) The deserving victim: public responses to humanitarian communication in the UK. In: International Communication Association Annual Conference, 2013, London, UK. (Unpublished)
Abstract
This paper discusses preliminary findings from the 3 year research project, ‘Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge; audiences’ responses and moral actions’. The project investigates what happens in the gap between knowledge and action: through what socially constructed scripts do audiences come to understand humanitarianism and make sense of their responsibility towards distant suffering? What roles are humanitarian agencies perceived to play in facilitating or preventing audiences’ moral responses to distant suffering? What role do biography and emotions play in audiences’ responses? While reporting on the project’s general findings, the presentation will concentrate on how ideologically laden notions of what constitutes a ‘deserving victim’ mediate audiences’ responses to humanitarian communication.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics (MAMSIE), Gender and Sexuality, Birkbeck (BiGS), Social Research, Birkbeck Institute for (BISR) |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2015 16:52 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11716 |
Statistics
Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.
Archive Staff Only (login required)
