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

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HRC in the News —

Berkeley News: Images of war are shocking. They also can strengthen our humanity, about HRC’s Alexa Koenig and Andrea Lampros’ book Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives.

Left: 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.