Iconic photographs and the ebb and flow of empathic response to humanitarian disasters

The power of visual imagery is well known, enshrined in such familiar sayings as "seeing is believing" and "a picture is worth a thousand words." Iconic photos stir our emotions and transform our perspectives about life and the world in which we live. On September 2, 2015, photog...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 4; pp. 640 - 644
Main Authors:	Slovic, Paul, Västfjäll, Daniel, Erlandsson, Arvid, Gregory, Robin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 24.01.2017
Subjects:	Altruism Empathy Humans Mass Behavior Photography Refugees - statistics & numerical data Relief Work - statistics & numerical data Syria Syria Syrian refugees empathy iconic photographs psychic numbing humanitarian disasters
ISSN:	1091-6490
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