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The Cost of Compassion:
Analyzing the Impact of News Media on the
Development of Compassion Fatigue in Young Adults
By: Katherine Dullen
Background
◉ Compassion Fatigue was first used
in occupational professions.
Interest in its relationship with
media has grown over time.
2
◉ Young adults spend more time on
digital media & often get their news
from these platforms (Shearer,
2021).
What Is Compassion Fatigue?
3
◉ “Overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism, and
detachment.”
o Secondary traumatic stress/cumulative
burnout are strongly associated
o Can make individuals numb to issues on the
news
4
◉ News agencies pick emotionally
engaging stories to maximize viewer
engagement
◉ Profits incentivize stories that
appeal to viewer’s emotions
◉ Geographic location + broad
appeal are factors
“
“Compassion fatigue is not an
unavoidable consequence of covering the
news. It is, however, an unavoidable
consequence of the way the news is now
covered”
-Susan D. Moeller
5
6
You can also split your content
Sensationalism & Salience
7
◉ Shocking images make subject’s
feel worse about the topic
◉ Shocking pieces do not cause
greater empathy
◉ Negative reaction could lead to
compassion fatigue
Motivating news audiences:
Shock them or provide them
with solutions?
Frequency of News Media
Consumption:
(Kinnick & Krugman, 1996)
Impact on Society:
8
◉ Charities rely on news
coverage to receive
donations
◉ More news coverage
correlates to less donations
◉ Viewers develop “donor
fatigue” (Brown & Minty,
2008)
Findings
9
Studies do not
evaluate age
Age impact on CF
inconclusive
Definition of CF is
incomplete
More accurate
characterization
needed
Experimental Proposal
◉ Subjects report where they get media from +
frequency
10
◉ Rate feelings of burnout/CF towards culturally
relevant topics
◉ How likely are they to take individual action?
Conclusion & Significance
◉ Media impact deserves
further study
11
◉ Help treat and avoid
compassion fatigue
◉ Learn how to communicate
issues in a non-exhausting
manner
Brown, P., & Minty, J. (2008). Media coverage and charitable giving
after the 2004 tsunami. Southern Economic Journal, 75(1), 9-25.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20112025
Clay, R. A. (2018). Are you burned out? Monitor on Psychology, 49(2).
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2018/02/ce-corner
Cocker, F., & Joss, N. (2016). Compassion fatigue among
healthcare, emergency and community service workers: A
systematic review. International journal of environmental research
and public health, 13(6), 618.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060618
Comstock, C., & Platania, J (2017). The role of media-induced
secondary traumatic stress on perceptions of distress. Feinstein
College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications, 6(1).
https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1252&context=f
cas_fp
Irawanto, B. (2018). Narratives of natural disaster survivors in
Indonesian media. Pacific Journalism Review, 24(1), 37–51.
https://doi-org.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/10.24135/pjr.v24i1.410
Kinnick, K. N., Krugman, D. M., & Cameron, G. T. (1996). Compassion
fatigue: Communication and burnout toward social problems.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 73(3), 687–707.
https://doi-
org.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/10.1177/107769909607300314
McIntyre, K., & Sobel, M. (2016). Motivating news audiences: Shock
them or provide them with solutions? Communication & Society,
Vol. 30 (1), 39-56. doi:10.15581/003.30.1.39-56
Moeller, S. D. (2002). In Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell
Disease, Famine, War and Death. 20-23.
Shearer, E. (2021). 86% of Americans get news online from
smartphone, computer or tablet. Pew Research Center.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/12/more-
than-eight-in-ten-americans-get-news-from-digital-devices/
Works Cited
12
Questions?
13

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Psychology Presentation.pptx

  • 1. The Cost of Compassion: Analyzing the Impact of News Media on the Development of Compassion Fatigue in Young Adults By: Katherine Dullen
  • 2. Background ◉ Compassion Fatigue was first used in occupational professions. Interest in its relationship with media has grown over time. 2 ◉ Young adults spend more time on digital media & often get their news from these platforms (Shearer, 2021).
  • 3. What Is Compassion Fatigue? 3 ◉ “Overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism, and detachment.” o Secondary traumatic stress/cumulative burnout are strongly associated o Can make individuals numb to issues on the news
  • 4. 4 ◉ News agencies pick emotionally engaging stories to maximize viewer engagement ◉ Profits incentivize stories that appeal to viewer’s emotions ◉ Geographic location + broad appeal are factors
  • 5. “ “Compassion fatigue is not an unavoidable consequence of covering the news. It is, however, an unavoidable consequence of the way the news is now covered” -Susan D. Moeller 5
  • 6. 6
  • 7. You can also split your content Sensationalism & Salience 7 ◉ Shocking images make subject’s feel worse about the topic ◉ Shocking pieces do not cause greater empathy ◉ Negative reaction could lead to compassion fatigue Motivating news audiences: Shock them or provide them with solutions? Frequency of News Media Consumption: (Kinnick & Krugman, 1996)
  • 8. Impact on Society: 8 ◉ Charities rely on news coverage to receive donations ◉ More news coverage correlates to less donations ◉ Viewers develop “donor fatigue” (Brown & Minty, 2008)
  • 9. Findings 9 Studies do not evaluate age Age impact on CF inconclusive Definition of CF is incomplete More accurate characterization needed
  • 10. Experimental Proposal ◉ Subjects report where they get media from + frequency 10 ◉ Rate feelings of burnout/CF towards culturally relevant topics ◉ How likely are they to take individual action?
  • 11. Conclusion & Significance ◉ Media impact deserves further study 11 ◉ Help treat and avoid compassion fatigue ◉ Learn how to communicate issues in a non-exhausting manner
  • 12. Brown, P., & Minty, J. (2008). Media coverage and charitable giving after the 2004 tsunami. Southern Economic Journal, 75(1), 9-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20112025 Clay, R. A. (2018). Are you burned out? Monitor on Psychology, 49(2). http://www.apa.org/monitor/2018/02/ce-corner Cocker, F., & Joss, N. (2016). Compassion fatigue among healthcare, emergency and community service workers: A systematic review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 13(6), 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13060618 Comstock, C., & Platania, J (2017). The role of media-induced secondary traumatic stress on perceptions of distress. Feinstein College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications, 6(1). https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1252&context=f cas_fp Irawanto, B. (2018). Narratives of natural disaster survivors in Indonesian media. Pacific Journalism Review, 24(1), 37–51. https://doi-org.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/10.24135/pjr.v24i1.410 Kinnick, K. N., Krugman, D. M., & Cameron, G. T. (1996). Compassion fatigue: Communication and burnout toward social problems. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 73(3), 687–707. https://doi- org.lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/10.1177/107769909607300314 McIntyre, K., & Sobel, M. (2016). Motivating news audiences: Shock them or provide them with solutions? Communication & Society, Vol. 30 (1), 39-56. doi:10.15581/003.30.1.39-56 Moeller, S. D. (2002). In Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death. 20-23. Shearer, E. (2021). 86% of Americans get news online from smartphone, computer or tablet. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/12/more- than-eight-in-ten-americans-get-news-from-digital-devices/ Works Cited 12

Editor's Notes

  1. https://www.chamberlain.edu/sites/g/files/krcnkv336/files/styles/atge_default_md/public/2020-11/Nursing-Compasion-Fatigue.jpg?itok=DelBbUoK
  2. Bullet 1 is from the American phycological association
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