Disrupting the “empathy machine”: The power and perils of virtual reality in addressing social issues

C Sora-Domenjó - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
This article looks through a critical media lens at mediated effects and ethical concerns of
virtual reality (VR) applications that explore personal and social issues through embodiment …

Interacting with background music engages E-Customers more: The impact of interactive music on consumer perception and behavioral intention

AHC Hwang, J Oh - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The current study investigates the potential of applying interactive music to the design of e-
commerce websites, aiming to create more engaging consumer experience. The model of …

Immersive virtual reality news: A study of user experience and media effects

H Wu, T Cai, D Luo, Y Liu, Z Zhang - International Journal of Human …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recently, the concept of “immersive VR news” has been proposed in the news media field.
However, unlike traditional video news, the user experience and media effects of immersive …

New narratives in the age of visualization

X López-García, S Pérez-Seijo… - … visualization in the …, 2020‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Formal and technological innovation has led to the appearance of novel journalistic
narrative forms, and therefore media focus its efforts on the development of new and …

Immersive journalism: The effect of system immersion on place illusion and co-presence in 360-degree video reporting

S Pérez-Seijo, PN Vicente, X López-García - Systems, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Immersive journalism has been promoted as an alternative way of producing content that
allows users to experience first-hand the events depicted in the news story. This mixed …

The use of 360 video by international humanitarian aid organizations to spread social messages and increase engagement

B García-Orosa, S Pérez-Seijo - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of …, 2020‏ - Springer
The article analyses 360° video production in international humanitarian aid nonprofit
organizations from 2015 to 2019 as 360° video storytelling is one of the latest innovations in …

Exploring the mechanism of empathy on lens language and linguistic landscape on movie-induced tourism: The moderating effect of cultural differences

Y Zeng, Z Xu, L Chen, Y Huang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Since the development of film-induced tourism, scholars have increasingly shifted their
attention to examining film-induced tourism from different perspectives. However, little …

FeelTheNews: Augmenting Affective Perceptions of News Videos with Thermal and Vibrotactile Stimulation

S Ooms, M Lee, P Cesar, A El Ali - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Emotion plays a key role in the emerging wave of immersive, multi-sensory audience news
engagement experiences. Since emotions can be triggered by somatosensory feedback, in …

[ספר][B] The revolution in transmedia storytelling through place: Pervasive, ambient and situated

D Hancox - 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This book proposes that the theory and practice of transmedia storytelling must be re-
considered from a social impact and community development perspective, and that time has …

The role of 360º virtual reality in social intervention: a further contribution to the theory-practice relationship of social work studies

MÁ Minguela-Recover, P Munuera… - Social Work …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
This pioneering study in Spain in this specific area of knowledge, social work and social
services, is framed around the incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) in the social work …