Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
September 16, 2025Studies in Comics

Students constructing empathy through comics: The case of Ukraine

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

RÅRobert ÅmanLinköping UniversityLWLars WallnerLinköping University

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Observational analysis reveals how Swedish students construct empathy toward Ukraine, indicating deeper critiques of solidarity.

Key Points

  • Students formed an emotional connection with Ukrainian characters from the comic, highlighting shared suffering.
  • The study involved 91 upper secondary school students aged 18–19 discussing the comic, revealing diverse emotional responses.
  • Analyzing video observations of 25 group discussions, the research focused on student interactions and critique of the comic's messages.
  • Empathy for Ukraine was notably linked with disdain for Russia and its soldiers as depicted in the comic.

Cite This Study

Åman et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4506b31b076d99fa576f1https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00127_1
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Fiction, empathy and lifelong learning2012 · 61 citations
  2. 2Effectiveness of Narrative Photography in Increasing Nursing Students' Empathy: A Pretest-Posttest Study2022 · 7 citations
  3. 3Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2010 American Culture Association Conference : American Nightmare: Images of Brainwashing, Thought Control, and Terror in Soviet Russia2010 · 5 citations
  4. 4Empathy’s Role in Different Levels of Understanding Literature: Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives2021 · 4 citations
  5. 5A Visual Dialogue: Practising Hospitality through the reading of Graphic Narratives2023 · 4 citations