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Compassion Appeals

Compassion Appeals is a rhetorical strategy within the broader category of emotional appeals that specifically evokes concern and sympathy for the suffering or vulnerability of others to motivate ethical judgment, behavioral change, or prosocial action.

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91

Authors

54

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Compassion fatigue: how the media sell disease, famine, war and death

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 833 citations

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The Effect of Narrative News Format on Empathy for Stigmatized Groups

Mary Beth Oliver, James Price Dillard, Keunmin Bae et al. · Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly · 2012 · 260 citations

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Summoning compassion to address the challenges of conservation

Arian D. Wallach, Marc Bekoff, Chelsea Batavia et al. · Conservation Biology · 2018 · 251 citations

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The politics of education. Culture, power, and liberation.

Paulo Freiré · 1985 · 239 citations

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Irresistible Compassion: An Aspect of Eighteenth-Century Sympathy and Humanitarianism

Norman Fiering · Journal of the History of Ideas · 1976 · 118 citations

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Authors

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  1. MB
    Mary Beth Oliver

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 287 citations

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  2. TM
    Tanya McCance

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. CL
    Charles L. Raison

    Emory University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. SK
    Seeun Kim

    Auburn University, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. BM
    Brendan McCormack

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

54

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    826 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  3. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  4. University of Technology Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    502 citations

  5. Finnish Institute of International Affairs

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  6. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    502 citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    72 citations

  8. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 871 citations

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  2. The Sociological Review

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. Public Administration Review

    PAR · 1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. Journal of Victorian Culture

    JVC · 1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Australian Social Work

    1 publications · 24 citations

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