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Audience Empathy

Audience Empathy is a theoretical construct within audience reception studies that denotes the cognitive and affective capacity of audiences to simulate, interpret, and emotionally resonate with the experiences, perspectives, or narratives of media characters or content creators, distinguishing it from mere emotional response by its intentional, perspective-taking dimension.

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182

Authors

98

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2017–2026

31

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Publications

73

Sympathy and Empathy: Emotional Responses to Advertising Dramas

Jennifer Edson Escalas, Barbara B. Stern · Journal of Consumer Research · 2003 · 597 citations

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How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy? An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation

P. Matthijs Bal, Martijn Veltkamp · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 570 citations · Full text

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Audience involvement and film tourism experiences: Emotional places, emotional experiences

Sangkyun Kim · Tourism Management · 2011 · 311 citations

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Exploring immersive experience in journalism

Donghee Shin, Frank Biocca · New Media & Society · 2017 · 289 citations

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Some Like It Bad: Testing a Model for Perceiving and Experiencing Fictional Characters

Elly A. Konijn, Johan F. Hoorn · Media Psychology · 2005 · 263 citations · Full text

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Authors

182

  1. EA
    Elly A. Konijn

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    4 publications · 350 citations

    4

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  2. KD
    Kiki de Bruin

    University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  3. SL
    Sophie Lecheler

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  4. GG
    Gregory G. Warren

    Eckerd College, United States

    2 publications · 359 citations

    2

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  5. YD
    Yael de Haan

    University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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Institutions

98

  1. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    995 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    329 citations

  3. Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    650 citations

  4. Universidade Católica Portuguesa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    145 citations

  6. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

  7. University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    198 citations

  8. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    271 citations

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Venues

  1. Media Psychology

    MP · 3 publications · 579 citations

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  2. Discourse Processes

    DP · 3 publications · 95 citations

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  3. Journal of Consumer Research

    JCR · 3 publications · 884 citations

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  4. International Communication Gazette

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 359 citations

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