The Internet & Traumaporn: The ”Ethical” Consumption of Tragedy in The Digital Age

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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