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When tragedy becomes banal: Why news consumers experience crisis fatigue

  • Written by Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, Professor of Philosophy, University of North Dakota
When tragedy becomes banal: Why news consumers experience crisis fatigueThe hand of a corpse buried in a mass grave in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

When Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea on Feb. 24, 2022, the images of war were conveyed to dismayed onlookers around the world. Far from the action, many of us became aware of the...

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