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Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge Audiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions ( KARMA)

Caring in Crisis? Colloquium – 7 June 2014. Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge Audiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions ( KARMA). Introduction By Dr. Rodolfo Leyva. Background. The contemporary global public sphere is full of information about the suffering of distant others.

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Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge Audiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions ( KARMA)

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  1. Caring in Crisis? Colloquium – 7 June 2014 Mediated Humanitarian KnowledgeAudiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions (KARMA) Introduction By Dr. Rodolfo Leyva Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant Number F/07 112/Y. .

  2. Background • The contemporary global public sphere is full of information about the suffering of distant others. • Information about humanitarian disasters, wars and human rights abuses is often transmitted in real-time. Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  3. Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge Audiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions (KARMA) • However, we know very little about what this knowledge does to us, as 'symbolic bystanders', and what we do with that knowledge. • To help fill this gap, this three-year Leverhulme Trust funded study was launched in 2010 by Principal Investigator Dr Bruna Seu (Birkbeck), Co-Investigator Dr ShaniOrgad (LSE) and Consultant Prof. Stan Cohen (LSE). Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  4. Project Goals • The study sought to (in the UK context): • Investigate how people’s ideologies, emotions and biographical experiences shape their understandings and reactions to humanitarian and international development issues and communications. • Explore how NGOs plan and think about their communications. Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  5. Why does it matter? Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  6. Phases of Research Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  7. Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  8. Participants from the UK Public • 10 male and 10 female groups of approximately 9 participants each. • 5 Age groupings 18-25; 26-35; 36-45; 46-55; 65+. • Mixed in terms of ethnicity, socio-economic status., occupation, sexuality and marital status.

  9. Findings Reports http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychosocial/our-research/research-projects/mediated-humanitarian-knowledge Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  10. Today’s Speakers Main researchers: Dr Bruna Seu (Birkbeck) and Dr ShaniOrgad (LSE) Panel speakers: Brendan Gormley (CDAC Network), Professor Paul Hoggett (UWE),Professor Mark Levine (University of Exeter), Professor Sonia Livingstone (LSE),Professor Kate Nash (Goldsmiths College), Professor Peter Singer (Princeton University) and Glen Tarman (Action Against Hunger) Keynote speaker: Professor Peter Singer (Princeton University) Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

  11. Programme: 10.15: Bruna Seu: Presentation on data from the UK public 11.15: Tea break (Room 152) 11.30: Panel 1: Paul Hoggett, Sonia Livingstone, Glen Tarman, and questions from the floor 12.30: Lunch (Room 152) 13.30:ShaniOrgad: Presentation on data from NGO practitioners 14.30: Panel 2: Brendan Gormley, Mark Levine, Kate Nash, and questions from the floor 15.30: Tea break (Room 152) 15.45: Peter Singer: Keynote 16.30: Plenary 17.00: Close Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

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