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"Empathy machine": how virtual reality affects human rights attitudes
2020
Internet Research
PurposeThis study aims to investigate how media content consumed through immersive technology may evoke changes in human rights attitudes. It has been proposed that our inability to empathize with others could be overcome by stepping into another's shoes. "Immersive journalism" has been postulated as being able to place us into the shoes of those whose feelings and experiences are distant to us. While virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree news videos have become widely available, it remains
doi:10.1108/intr-07-2019-0306
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