The Internet & Traumaporn: The "Ethical" Consumption of Tragedy in The Digital Age
In this week's episode, I explore the internet's love of "traumaporn" content and how this is changing the ways in which we engage with tragedy in the modern day, aiming to answer the question: Is there any ethical way to create and consume traumatic content online?
Timestamps:
4:09 Defining “traumaporn”
9:27 Online discourse around traumatic content
14:06 Why do we like traumaporn?
19:58 Commodification of traumaporn
21:50 Soft White Underbelly
26:03 MrBeast
28:50 Is there an ethical way to create and consume traumatic content online?
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