I personally think it matters, but also I havent seen much warning for written content. Visual content is a huge medium for example there was a rock show a few years ago when the singer urinated on someone (and it wasnt Marilyn Manson). Noone consented to seeing that and unless I’m at a certain club I dont go to performances to see someone get urinated on. You can also be okay with certain discussion in certain settings and not others too
I agree that there is a huge difference. I've noticed that posts like this one tend to lump all trigger warnings into one big group, but the reality is that different contexts and mediums have different needs. A professor sharing context with a captive audience is very different than an influencer sharing a post on social media is different than a news org writing an article for a the general public. It feels like we need more alignment that warnings on visual content serve a different purpose than warnings on written work...and I would argue that the warnings on written work have not served us well culturally as they attempt to remove discomfort or complexity from discourse, particularly in more quick-hit environments like social media or news stories. Helping people learn to navigate conceptual complexity seems like a good thing overall, especially since the world is complex and being able to navigate it requires an acceptance of grey zones.
Do you think there is a different between trigger warnings for visual content and written content?
I personally think it matters, but also I havent seen much warning for written content. Visual content is a huge medium for example there was a rock show a few years ago when the singer urinated on someone (and it wasnt Marilyn Manson). Noone consented to seeing that and unless I’m at a certain club I dont go to performances to see someone get urinated on. You can also be okay with certain discussion in certain settings and not others too
I agree that there is a huge difference. I've noticed that posts like this one tend to lump all trigger warnings into one big group, but the reality is that different contexts and mediums have different needs. A professor sharing context with a captive audience is very different than an influencer sharing a post on social media is different than a news org writing an article for a the general public. It feels like we need more alignment that warnings on visual content serve a different purpose than warnings on written work...and I would argue that the warnings on written work have not served us well culturally as they attempt to remove discomfort or complexity from discourse, particularly in more quick-hit environments like social media or news stories. Helping people learn to navigate conceptual complexity seems like a good thing overall, especially since the world is complex and being able to navigate it requires an acceptance of grey zones.