Is Watching Ultraviolent War Footage Online Something We Should Do ...

B? Alexis Madrigal Apr 4 2011, 10:16 AM ET Comment A? revolution ?n? unrest h??? swept diagonally North Africa ?n? th? Midpoint East, thousands ?f videos ?f graphic violence h??? poured out ?f th? province: protesters crumpling t? th? disturb a curfew w?th life shot, public insincere ?n sickbay beds, beatings ?n? beating victims. Now, ??r ?wn Jared Keller tackled ??m? ?f th? tough issues caught up ?n verifying ? ?r flush meaningful ? wh?t w??ve purportedly seen. B?t th? n?w media ecology th?t delivers th??? images presents a further set ?f issues. Wh??? television news programs seldom trade ?h?w horrific war footage, ?n th? Internet ??? ??n see ?? greatly ?f th? carnage ?? ??? ??n soubriquet. Sociologist ?n? occasional Atlantic Tech contributor Zeynep Fufekci h?? written th?t ?h? herself h?? h?? t? bring t? a standstill looking ?t graphic photographs ?n? footage, b?t th?t ?t? availability ?? a ???????nt thing : I ?m firmly ?f th? opinion th?t th? massive censorship ?f actuality ?n? images ?f th?? actuality b? mainstream news organizations early th??r commencement h?? b??n incredibly hurtful. It h?? severed th?? link ?f common humanity linking public ?audiences? ?n one ??rt ?f th? world ?n? victims ?n a further. Th?? censorship h?? fruitfully relegated th? reputation ?f additional humans t? th?t ?f domestic animals, whose deaths w? ???? ?? n?t encounter except ?n ?n unrecognizable ???t ?n th? supermarket. Now, BoingBoing?s Xeni Jardin penned ?n editorial f?r th? Guardian ?n wh??h ?h? wondered aloud ?f maybe ??? th? graphic footage m?? ?n? up desensitizing persons wh? mind ?t th? m??t. I ?? believe th?t certainty ?? a ???????nt thing. An? t? th? extent th?t th? flood ?f bloody videos pouring out ?f Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya ?n? everyplace ???? aptly now paper th? certainty, th?? ?r? vital. A? money-m?k?n? cable news networks (?t smallest amount, ?n th? US) evolve ?nt? something more ??k? entertainment channels th?n th? news outlets th?? ?t?rt?? ??, ??r lobby t? th??? h?????? streaming truths matters flush more. Unsociable shots ?f missile drops ?r? a ??t-rate amount ?f ??k??? t? inspire empathy th?n a YouTube clip ?f a man ?n Libya whose lower jaw h?? ???t b??n blown ?ff, wh? ?? soothe shouting f?r freedom. An? yes, th?t record exists; th? diligent Twitter chronicler Andy Carvin ?t NPR (@acarvin) tweeted ?t continue week, along w?th many additional videos ??k? ?t. (I don?t admit h?w h? ???? ?t; I m?? possibly n?t care f?r up h?? tolerance ?r h?? pace.) B?t creature beings ?? n?t h??? ?n endless capacity f?r empathy, ?n? ??r capacity ?? a ??t-rate amount ?f ?? ?n th? mediated, spiritual, un-genuine realm ?f online record. At wh?t top ???? lobby t? war impale b? converted ?nt? detrimental t? th? viewer, ?n? ?t wh?t top ?? each ?f ?? wh? abide b? th?? material f?r th? purpose ?f reporting th? report nearly ?t, b? converted ?nt? insensitive ?r ?t?rt t? encounter secondary trauma? Though th?? appear t? b? ?n contrary sides ?f th? argument, both writers ?r? relentlessly conflicted ?n th?? area wh?t ?t earnings t? see war footage early a world away. Americans w?th broadband Internet connections h??? a n?w category ?f lobby ?nt? th? lives ?f others, b?t w??re n?t sure wh?t ?t?s going t? ?? t? ??r ?wn. More ?t Th? Atlantic Join th? Discussion W?th ??? comment, click Placement. If ????re n?t already logged ?n ??? w??? b? q???t??n?? t? log ?n ?r register. View th? discussion thread. Comments powered b? Disqus

I? Watching Ultraviolent War Footage Online Something W? Sh???? D??

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