As online information channels and social media proliferate worldwide, news consumers are exposed more often to horrifying images of human violence and atrocities. In a new book, two Berkeley scholars explore how we can protect ourselves without becoming numb to human suffering. Photo by LKEM/Flickr. Illustration by Edward Lempinen

Images of war are shocking. They also can strengthen our humanity

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Berkeley News: Images of war are shocking. They also can strengthen our humanity, writing about “Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives.”

As online information channels and social media proliferate worldwide, news consumers are exposed more often to horrifying images of human violence and atrocities. In a new book, two Berkeley scholars explore how we can protect ourselves without becoming numb to human suffering. Photo by LKEM/Flickr. Illustration by Edward Lempinen
As online information channels and social media proliferate worldwide, news consumers are exposed more often to horrifying images of human violence and atrocities. In a new book, two Berkeley scholars explore how we can protect ourselves without becoming numb to human suffering. Photo by LKEM/Flickr. Illustration by Edward Lempinen