▁or ▁remove ▁their ▁affection . ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁and ▁political ▁views ▁ ▁The ▁phenomen on ▁of ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁comp ass ion ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁written ▁about ▁in ▁modern ▁journal ism ▁and ▁media ▁reports . ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Mark ▁Hay ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁mass acre ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁B oko ▁Har am ▁received ▁almost ▁no ▁immediate ▁media ▁attention . ▁However , ▁on ▁ 7 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁when ▁ 1 2 ▁sat ir ists ▁from ▁Charlie ▁Heb do ▁magazine ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁Paris , ▁" the ▁media ▁er upt ed ▁( and ▁continues ▁to ▁er upt ) ▁with ▁heart f elt ▁out rage ▁and ▁constant ▁coverage ." ▁Journal ists ▁like ▁Simon ▁All ison ▁of ▁the ▁Daily ▁Ma ver ick ▁have ▁clar ified ▁bias ▁media ▁coverage ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁that ▁the ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁world ▁do ▁not ▁m ourn ▁death s ▁in ▁Africa ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁do ▁in ▁the ▁West , ▁this ▁obvious ▁bias ▁in ▁media ▁coverage ▁also ▁points ▁towards ▁a ▁more ▁under st ated ▁failure ▁in ▁our ▁natural ▁human ▁ability ▁to ▁gather ▁any ▁em path y ▁as ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁vict ims ▁rise ▁following ▁a ▁mass ▁killing ▁or ▁to ▁see ▁past ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁numbers ▁of ▁people ▁are ▁not ▁people , ▁but ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁numbers . ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁the or ists ▁argued ▁that ▁emot ions ▁and ▁helping ▁behaviour ▁should ▁track ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁need ▁of ▁help , ▁we ▁should ▁respond ▁more ▁strongly ▁when ▁more ▁people ▁are ▁suffering