Expanding Our Present Knowledge of the Non-fictional World: an Analysis of Transportation and Identification With Victims and Perpetrators
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: This study tests for transportation and identification in non- fiction documentaries that portrayed victims and perpetrators of crime. Participants were a combination of college students and individual who were recruited via social media. The two video conditions demonstrated adult women who were portrayed as either a victim or perpetrator; this is where the manipulation occurred. Participants were randomly selected to view a documentary of a black or white victim, or a black or white perpetrator. Results found that participants were able to be transported into a non- fiction video. Participants also expressed high levels of identification with the women portrayed in the non- fiction videos. Results also indicated a positive correlation between transportation and identification.
Author: Shantale D. Roberts
Institution: Cleveland State University
Language: English
Topic: Media Influence and Health
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2809270582