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2 - Images and Our Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2023

Alexa Koenig  and
Andrea Lampros
Alexa Koenig
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Andrea Lampros
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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This chapter from Graphic discusses humans’ biological and psychological responses to viewing the suffering of others, including through graphic videos and photographs found online. The authors discuss the sometimes-negative effects of such images on human rights workers and journalists – including the risk of secondary or vicarious trauma – referencing the most recent research as to what happens in the body when people view and process upsetting images.

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human rightswar crimesopen-source investigationsopen-source informationuser-generated contentmediasocial mediaOSINTcommunitypost-traumatic growthresiliencypost-traumatic stressPTSD
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Trauma and Meaning in Our Online Lives
 , pp. 38 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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