“…Extant research on potential genre-based variations in the eliciting of (2) attitude change and emotional response paints a more mixed picture. This is because all reporting can influence attitude formation and touch audiences emotionally, but this may be as Coleman and Thorson (2002), Wilkins (2011), Gollust, Lantz, andUbel (2010), Gross (2008), Hart (2011), Kühne, Weber, and Sommer (2015), Major (2009), Major (2011), Major and Jankowski (2020), Shen et al (2012), Springer and Harwood (2015), Sun et al (2016), Waheed et al (2015) Emotions -↑ Aarøe (2011), Gross (2008), Kühne, Weber, and Sommer (2015), Major (2011), Shen et al (2012…”