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And Camus' The Stranger led to an increase in shooting Arabs on the beach because of a sunny day. If we judge media by what perceived affect it will have on so

by mruts 8y ago

And Camus' The Stranger led to an increase in shooting Arabs on the beach because of a sunny day. If we judge media by what perceived affect it will have on society, we are in dire straights indeed.

arkitaip 8y ago
Perceived affect? There's actual research data in this case. And what's wrong with raising awareness about how media can affect people's mental health?
- mruts 8y ago
  I just hope that media created in the future won’t deliberately avoid saliant subjects because of the potential short-term (negative) impact on a certain subset of society. It would be unfortunate if writers and directors were scared away from topics essential to the human condition because of popular backlash.
TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
If speech has power, why shouldn't we criticise it?
qntty 8y ago
> And Camus' The Stranger led to an increase in shooting Arabs on the beach because of a sunny day. Except that it didn't?
- vivekd 8y ago
  I think that was the parents point. I think he was being sarcastic
  - qntty 8y ago
    But in this case 13 Reasons Why actually did have the stated effect. I don't understand the point.
sctb 8y ago
Would you please stop breaking the guidelines? We ban accounts that won't. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mruts 8y ago
  I’m sorry, I should have expanded more upon my somewhat flippant opening comment. In the future I’ll try harder to elucidate my thoughts coherently and completetly.