StoryCorps Fan Pictures: Your Sad Faces Make Us Happy : NPR Extra Let's just have a nice laugh about crying. We asked StoryCorps fans to share their best 'cry faces' with us last week, and here ...

Any face. Even on a trash can. ... Oxfam decided to dramatically change their advertising tactics in their campaign to fight hunger in Africa, replacing pictures of sad, ...

Seeing sad faces, on the other hand ... Because sad images highlight problems and the extent of unmet needs, unhappy faces should do a better job of eliciting donations from these potential donors.

Unlike 2008, the sad pictures meme seems even more pervasive. ... Matthew R. Robison, the creator of the "Brokers With Hands On Their Faces" blog, gave a more visceral response: ...

Along with more math and science items and a silly drunk face emoji, the new group of 67 tiny pictures ... the new group of 67 tiny pictures includes, wait for it, a new sad poo emoji. Home; News.

Seeing sad faces, on the other hand, can boost donations by highlighting the severity of a problem and the acuteness of a need. Images conveying distress may also increase giving by arousing ...