Graphic : trauma and meaning in our online lives / Alexa Koenig, University of California, Berkeley, Andrea Lampros, University of California, Berkeley.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

©2023

xxii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Today, almost anyone can upload and disseminate newsworthy content online, which has radically transformed our information ecosystem. Yet this often leaves us exposed to content produced without ethical or professional guidelines. In Graphic, Alexa Koenig and Andrea Lampros examine this dynamic and share best practices for safely navigating our digital world. Drawing on the latest social sciences research, original interviews, and their experiences running the world's first university-based digital investigations lab, Koenig and Lampros provide practical tips for maximizing the benefits and minimizing the harms of being online. In the wake of the global pandemic, they ask: How are people processing graphic news as they spend more time online? What practices can newsrooms, social media companies, and social justice organizations put in place to protect their employees from vicarious trauma and other harms? Timely and urgent, Graphic helps us navigate the unprecedented implications of the digital age while staying engaged with the human struggles of our times.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online version: Koenig, Alexa, 1972- Graphic Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023

K4345 .K64 2023

English

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