The Internet & Traumaporn: The "Ethical" Consumption of Tragedy in The Digital Age
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Show Notes
This is a rerun episode from 2024, where we explored 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?
Note: This episode was recorded remotely, so please excuse the change in sound quality.
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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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