{"title":"叙事对动物福利态度和代表动物的亲社会行为的影响:三个预先注册的实验","authors":"Aino Petterson , Gregory Currie , Stacie Friend , Heather J Ferguson","doi":"10.1016/j.poetic.2022.101709","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We report three randomised and pre-registered experiments examining the effects of narrative fiction (<em>vs.</em> narrative non-fiction <em>vs.</em> expository non-fiction) on concern for animal welfare. In Experiment 1a (<em>N</em> = 363) there was no significant increase in concern for animal welfare or willingness to donate to an animal charity among participants who read a narrative fiction text about a monkey's plight (<em>vs.</em> narrative non-fiction or expository non-fiction texts about a monkey). In Experiment 1b (<em>N =</em>121) concern for animal welfare and willingness to donate was greater after reading the narrative fiction text compared to a narrative non-fiction text unrelated to animals. Experiment 2 (<em>N =</em>184) employed a simplified design and more severe depiction of animal abuse, but showed no beneficial effect of reading a narrative fiction text about a monkey's plight (<em>vs.</em> a narrative non-fiction text unrelated to animals) on either measure. Experiment 3 (<em>N =</em>290) compared a narrative fiction and a non-fiction text about a monkey or a lizard; participants who read a narrative fiction text, irrespective of the animal depicted, reported greater concern for animal welfare, monkey welfare, lizard welfare and nature (<em>vs.</em> a narrative non-fiction text). However, participants were no more willing to donate in the narrative fiction (<em>vs.</em> non-fiction) condition. 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The effect of narratives on attitudes toward animal welfare and pro-social behaviour on behalf of animals: Three pre-registered experiments
We report three randomised and pre-registered experiments examining the effects of narrative fiction (vs. narrative non-fiction vs. expository non-fiction) on concern for animal welfare. In Experiment 1a (N = 363) there was no significant increase in concern for animal welfare or willingness to donate to an animal charity among participants who read a narrative fiction text about a monkey's plight (vs. narrative non-fiction or expository non-fiction texts about a monkey). In Experiment 1b (N =121) concern for animal welfare and willingness to donate was greater after reading the narrative fiction text compared to a narrative non-fiction text unrelated to animals. Experiment 2 (N =184) employed a simplified design and more severe depiction of animal abuse, but showed no beneficial effect of reading a narrative fiction text about a monkey's plight (vs. a narrative non-fiction text unrelated to animals) on either measure. Experiment 3 (N =290) compared a narrative fiction and a non-fiction text about a monkey or a lizard; participants who read a narrative fiction text, irrespective of the animal depicted, reported greater concern for animal welfare, monkey welfare, lizard welfare and nature (vs. a narrative non-fiction text). However, participants were no more willing to donate in the narrative fiction (vs. non-fiction) condition. These results suggest that reading a narrative fiction text about an animal's plight has a limited effect on concern for animal welfare.
期刊介绍:
Poetics is an interdisciplinary journal of theoretical and empirical research on culture, the media and the arts. Particularly welcome are papers that make an original contribution to the major disciplines - sociology, psychology, media and communication studies, and economics - within which promising lines of research on culture, media and the arts have been developed.