Gore and shock websites as the dark tourism of digital space. Verkkofebruary 27, 2023, 10:00am. Verkkoa researcher explains why we can't stop watching violent and graphic videos on the web. The people most anxious about violent events seek the footage. Verkkoin this online survey study, we explored how often social media users had received unsolicited explicit content from friends or contacts over social. To avoid vicarious trauma, students at the human rights center investigations lab view disturbing videos together, rather than alone, in their work. Verkkoto protect users from such content, we remove the most graphic content and add warning labels to other graphic content so that people are aware. Verkkothe urge to view videos of violence and real life gore can have its origins in a morbid curiosity in the mind of the viewer. Some websites specialise in.
