Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs

Download or read book Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs written by Irene Bruna Seu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-26 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the public wants, thinks and feels about distant suffering