Contagion of kindness: Observability, recognition and shared experience as motivation for online prosocial behavior
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Kelly M. Alverson
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Giannakos, Symeon A.
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Salve Regina University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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267
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Budd, Michael A.; O'Callaghan, Sean P.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-09416-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Humanities
Body granting the degree
Salve Regina University
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation employs a theoretical approach to examine the online milieu as an enabling space that allows individuals to act prosocially by providing opportunities for: observability of prosocial participation; receipt of explicit recognition toward the development of implicit recognition; and shared experience with the other, toward an end of increased empathic concern.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ethics; Philosophy; Information Technology; Web Studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Communication and the arts;Applied sciences;Altruism;Digitally mediated empathy;Egoism;Empathy;Motivation for other-interested action;Online participation;Prosocial action