Media Detectives: Bridging the Relationship among Empathy, Laugh Tracks, and Gender in Childhood
Sruti Kanthan; James A. Graham; Lynne Azarchi · DOAJ Open Access Articles
Empathy in college-age students is decreasing at unprecedented rates. Understanding empathy in children can act as primary prevention in tackling the problem. This study considers laugh tracks’ capacity to bias reality, foster empathy, and investigate differences across time and gender in 181 fifth grade students. The results from this quasi-experimental stu…