Major Dying In The Mass Media Analysis

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Major dying and killing are shown in the mass media to provide awareness to the public of the traumatic events that people are facing, while people may do not want to see this. The news media focus on emotional survivors that show the impact of the traumatic event (Walter, Littlewood & Pickering, 1995). For example, the image of a young Syrian boy’s dead body washed up on a Mediterranean beach showed the refugee crisis. This has shown the awareness of innocent people is dying. It is necessary to view images and videos on sharing sites in order to have the visual information about what is happening around the world. It portrays the humanity of those killed and emotions of those who grieve. It gives people a true sense of what victims are going

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