Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs
Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering
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Irene Bruna Seu • Shani Orgad
Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs With commentaries from Alison Carlman, Leigh Daynes, Paul Hoggett, Monika Krause, Sonia Livingstone, and Glen Tarman
Irene Bruna Seu Department of Psychosocial Studies Birkbeck, University of London London, UK
Shani Orgad Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-50258-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50259-5
ISBN 978-3-319-50259-5 (eBook)
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In Memory of Stan Cohen
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book would not have been possible without the contribution and support of many people and institutions. We would like to thank the Leverhulme Trust for enabling us to carry out the 3-year research project ‘Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge; audience responses and moral actions’ through their generous financial support (research grant F/07 112/Y). We are deeply indebted to all the participants – members of the public and NGO practitioners – who gave their time to take part in the research. We are deeply appreciative of their openness and generosity in sharing their views and experience. Our thanks also go to the research assistants – Frances Flanagan, Mastoureh Fathi, Rachel Cohen, and Rudy Leyva – who supported and contributed to the project with infatigable dedication through the many and complicated stages of the research. We would like to extend our thanks to several people who contribute
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