Effects of news coverage on a victim's character during a crisis (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. The research addresses the question how reporting of irrelevant information on a crisis victim’s bad character impacts on empathy towards the victim, the victim’s reputation as well as the reputation of the news medium that published the information. This was analyzed by means of a one-factorial experiment with manipulating the reporting on the crisis victim’s character plus a control condition. Respondents (registered members of an online panel) were 245 consumers from the United Kingdom.

供科研使用的完整版数据集。本研究聚焦于如下核心议题：针对危机受害者负面特质发布无关报道，会对受众对受害者的共情程度、受害者个人声誉，以及发布该报道的新闻媒体的声誉产生何种影响。本次分析采用单因素实验设计，通过操控危机受害者特质的报道内容并设置对照组开展研究。本次实验的受访对象共计245名英国消费者，均为某在线调研面板的注册会员。