“The death sentence for the murderer of his neighbor in the Al -Shakhoura area” .. “The life imprisonment for the incident of premeditated murder and a fire in a workers’ housing in Tubli”, two recent titles in “Al -Watan”; Two violent crimes that occurred between us, in neighborhoods we know, and perhaps some of us dealt with the perpetrators, or passed them one day on a road or store.
In the past, such news was enough to raise the sales of newspapers and ignite the councils with discussion.
But something changed, the accident pages no longer attract us as it was, not because the crime has declined, but because its presence in our lives has become completely different.
Today, the news of the killing is no longer read the next day, but you can see directly, the criminal is no longer awaiting newspapers to tell his story, but rather tells them himself and on the air.
From a live broadcast of horrific crimes, to live suicide cases on Tek Tok, to mass murder scenes documenting the perpetrator’s camera, the crime has become part of the “content”, which is consumed as it consumes entertainment clips, and there is no longer a veil between us and violence.
We have seen the bodies before they cool, the tears of the dead people were flowing, and the sound of the bullets was penetrating the walls, everything is direct, exposed and sometimes without context.
The pages of accidents were telling us the crime after it cools, after it was irrigated, liberated and verified, but today we are in the era of “raw facts”, we see the crime, moment by moment, and we are going through as we are going to announce an announcement in the supermarket, there is no room for analysis, and there is no place for imagination, meditation, or even real influence.
We have kept the details of torture, the shapes of the corpses, and the records of confessions, as we memorize the names of celebrities.
The crime turned from shock to “Trend”, and from a tragedy to “dark entertainment”. Was something that made us pay attention to the pages of accidents? Perhaps only few of those looking for legal details, crime backgrounds, or its societal impact, while the majority have become an audience that moves from one crime to another with a finger on the screen and a heart without a trace.
Why did the accident pages no longer attract us? Because it was very late for the time of speed, and because the crime, unfortunately, came out of the page and entered our lives.
lighting
One of the media psychology specialists says: “The daily audience is exposed to violent scenes without narrative treatment or human framing that weakens their moral response and creates a kind of emotional anesthesia towards pain and tragedy. The crime is no longer discussed … it is consumed. ”
