Ideas worth spreading

TEDxGeorgiaStateU

November 2019

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Rethinking Trauma Porn

Mia-Simone Green

Social media allows for the amplification of violent and graphic videos, which perpetuate trauma for those communities represented in these videos. In this talk, Mia highlights the need for us to be mindful of the content that we choose to share and the voices that we choose to uplift.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxGeorgiaStateU, an independent event.

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Social media allows for the amplification of violent and graphic videos, which perpetuate trauma for those communities represented in these videos. In this talk, Mia highlights the need for us to be mindful of the content that we choose to share and the voices that we choose to uplift.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxGeorgiaStateU, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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