Simmel, Social Media and the Debatable Virtues of Not Caring

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Abstract

This paper asks how can bare to talk about the nightmares served up by our media? How can we witness horror, only to forget about it and have It replaced by fresh horror the next day? As Keith Tester wrote, most of us today, can ‘witness horror, and feel next to nothing’ (86). How has this become installed as a modern tradition? And, how might we communicate care while escaping from a cycle of outrage and forgetting.
Original languageEnglish
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Publication statusPublished - 2023
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Duration: 1 Jan 2023 → …

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Keywords

  • nightmares
  • media
  • horror
  • modern tradition
  • care
  • outrage
  • forgetting

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