Should the Media Show Photos from School Shootings? It’s Complicated

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Should the Media Show Photos from School Shootings? It’s Complicated

A professor of photojournalism ethics wrestles with the question of whether the media should run images of carnage following gun violence.

via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/02/media-cover-mass-shootings-depicting-carnage-make-difference.html

Fundamental questions remain: What is the line between informing audiences and exploiting victims and their families? Should the media find a balance between shocking and shielding audiences? And when it comes to mass shootings – and gun violence more broadly – if outlets did include more bloody images, would it even make a difference?

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