Breaking the Media's Desensitization Cycle | Allison Bajada | TEDxVillanovaU

Allison is a freshman at Villanova University. She is a native New Yorker but was born in Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago. She is passionate about theater and is excited about the opportunity to share her idea worth spreading. Her talk, titled "Breaking the Media's Desensitization Cycle," explains how the incessant violence seen in our 24-hour news cycle has desensitized us to tragedy and has prevented us from taking action. Allison is a freshman at Villanova University. She is a native New Yorker but was born in Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago. She is passionate about theater and is excited about the opportunity to share her idea worth spreading. Her talk, titled "Breaking the Media's Desensitization Cycle," explains how the incessant violence seen in our 24-hour news cycle has desensitized us to tragedy and has prevented us from taking action. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@CharlesFigleyPhD]

Thanks Allison. Your talk was well-done and far more interesting than my lectures! Thanks for helping American face it's own tolerance for violence, unconsciously.
Charles Figley

[@josephfenech9037]

Well done Allison. Great reflections, and very well spoken!

[@akashkumar-bl2kn]

Yes this is important for most professionals

[@sureshabreu3171]

Thanks so much….

[@michaelalisky6854]

This same thing happened to my buddy Joseph

[@JosephMoserFabulous]

this happened to my buddy allison

[@AmanSingh-pc6wp]

No way! The same thing happened to friend Joseph!

[@Evenfiber1068]

i dont know anybody this happened to

[@Pant_roboCat]

I speak to this beautiful girl, in a bus station at xalandri, Greece.. and I wait a message from her..Pantelis

[@nab7927]

Can’t believe this person runs the John Mulaney meme account

[@caseyepicstyle8491]

_Gamer_Moment_ right

[@lynncostello1348]

I have tried to find groups to belong to but everyone wants to hide behind the internet instead of literally meeting face to face.

[@whybegin1285]

This talk presumes that the reaction people should have to something bad occurring is to take action. It’s just not possible for a majority of people, and even when it is, their work may make little to no difference. There’s no reason to criticize people for being able to move on quickly from serious events, especially if doing so allows for them to continue their full contribution to those who depend on them (themselves, family, society, etc). The people who are most effected by an event are allowed to grieve or take time to recover because other people take on extra responsibilities for that person. The more quickly people can process and work through that event, the better for everyone, assuming it is in fact fully processed, and their emotional state is as close to or back to what it once was.

[@wiktoriapalubicka9263]

This is true however by “fixing how desensitised we’ve become “ I think that means we should work on making real life issues important and something to care about again. Because of how often we are exposed to bad news by the media or straight up seeing people die on the internet and it’s not even shocking to people anymore so when we’re put in dangerous situations we’re quick to make jokes rather than to actually worry you know what I mean?

[@ryandery1319]

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