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Social media provides flood of images of death and carnage from Ukraine war – and contributes to weaker journalism standards

  • Written by Beena Sarwar, Visiting Professor of Journalism, Emerson College
Social media provides flood of images of death and carnage from Ukraine war – and contributes to weaker journalism standardsA soldier's body lies next to a destroyed Russian truck on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022.AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda

Photos of civilians killed or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war are widespread, particularly online, both on social media and in professional news media.

Editors have always published images of dead or suffering...

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