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The Role of Empathy and Efficacy In Public Service Announcements

Using Narratives to Induce Bystander Intervention in Domestic Violence

EUNJIN (ANNA) KIM, SIDHARTH MURALIDHARAN
DOI: 10.2501/JAR-2019-039 Published 1 December 2020
EUNJIN (ANNA) KIM
University of Southern California
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SIDHARTH MURALIDHARAN
Southern Methodist University
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This research explores the understudied relationship between two crucial variables—empathy elicited by narratives and the degree of efficacy possessed by bystanders—by using narratives in public service announcements. Findings showed that empathy-laden narratives were indeed superior to nonnarratives in generating more favorable attitudes toward public service announcements and motivating bystanders to report abuse. The positive effect of narrative public service announcements was amplified when participants’ issue involvement was high. More important, the results confirmed a serial multiple-mediator model of empathy and bystander efficacy for the effects of narratives on positive reporting intention.

  • Received July 16, 2018.
  • Received (in revised form) February 18, 2019.
  • Accepted March 14, 2019.
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EUNJIN (ANNA) KIM, SIDHARTH MURALIDHARAN
Journal of Advertising Research Dec 2020, 60 (4) 452-466; DOI: 10.2501/JAR-2019-039

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