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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation - 13th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2024, Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering |
| Editors | Anthony L. Brooks, Domna Banakou, Slavica Ceperkovic |
| Pages | 219-227 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2025 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST |
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| Volume | 650 LNICST |
| ISSN (Print) | 1867-8211 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1867-822X |
Abstract
This preregistered experimental study (N = 83) examined the impact of background music on perceived empathy towards, and, subsequently, liking of an immigrant child in a non-immigrant sample of 5 th to 10 th graders. Students watched a video in which an immigrant child described the challenging experiences upon arrival in the host country and what helped in overcoming these difficulties. Confirming our prediction, we found background music (vs. no background music) to be a positive predictor of empathy towards the child, which, in turn, predicted liking of the child. When testing the indirect effect of empathy as a mediator in the relationship between music and liking, we found a significant full mediation. Our findings provide first evidence that background music may be used to enhance the positive effect of immigrant children’s narrative videos on non-immigrants’ attitudes towards these children by increasing non-immigrants’ levels of empathy. Implications for intervention programs are discussed.
Keywords
- Music, Empathy, Outgroup attitudes, Liking, Immigrant students
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
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ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation - 13th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2024, Proceedings: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. ed. / Anthony L. Brooks; Domna Banakou; Slavica Ceperkovic. 2025. p. 219-227 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 650 LNICST).
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