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Impact of the identifiable victim effect on audience willingness to donate to healthcare organizations via Instagram

dc.contributor.authorKonkel, Abby Nicole, author
dc.contributor.authorTham, Samuel, advisor
dc.contributor.authorSivakumar, Gaya, committee member
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Elizabeth, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-01T17:27:20Z
dc.date.available2023-06-01T17:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe landscape of healthcare fundraising has changed dramatically in recent years due to a rise in online and social media fundraising. As fundraising itself adapts to advancing technology, this study examined how a tried and true traditional fundraising strategy known as the Identifiable Victim Effect impacts audience willingness to donate to healthcare organizations on Instagram. By conducting a 2 x 2 factorial design experimental survey in which photos and captions of Instagram posts were manipulated, the emotional response elicited from different IVE conditions, demographics that may play a role in donating on social media and the ways in which IVE impacts willingness to donate were all examined. This study found that emotional response, measured through Distress and Sympathy positively impacts willingness to donate. This research adds to the existing literature on IVE and starts to bridge the gap that exists at the intersection of healthcare and IVE in social media contexts.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierKonkel_colostate_0053N_17704.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236608
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectidentifiable victim effect
dc.subjectfundraising
dc.subjectnonprofit
dc.titleImpact of the identifiable victim effect on audience willingness to donate to healthcare organizations via Instagram
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thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Media Communication
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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