Compassion in the face of terror
A case study of recognizing suffering, co-creating hope, and developing trust in a would-be school shooting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12012017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah J Tracy (0000-0001-5229-2875, The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University-Tempe, Tempe, AZ, USA, corresponding author), Timothy P Huffman (Department of Communication, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-53 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Monographs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-7751 • E-ISSN: 1479-5787 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03637751.2016.1218642 |
| OpenAlex | W2508682924 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 46 |
Current theoretical conceptualizations of compassion say little about communicating compassion to people whose suffering is wrapped in a cloak of anger, threat, resistance, and fear. This article attends directly to this issue by examining the conversational particulars of compassion communicated by school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff to would-be school shooter Michael Hill. The case serves as the basis for advancing propositions about communicating compassion to unwilling recipients and suggests the importance of careful conversational timing, face-enhancement strategies, convergence/mirroring techniques, co-creating hope, physical presence, and vulnerable self-disclosure. The case extends current conceptualizations of compassion and provides a vivid picture for enacting compassion when sufferers are angry, threatening, or resisting help
Anger · Compassion · Empathy · Face (sociological concept · Mirroring · Psychoanalysis · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |