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'''Grief porn''' is a ] expression often used to describe a hyper-attention, intrusive ] and "gratuitous indulgence of tangential association with tragedy".<ref name=OB>{{cite web | title=Boo hoo, said the crocodile | url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observer/archives/2005/04/07/boo_hoo_said_th.html | work=ObserverBlog | publisher=The Guardian | date= | accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref> It is distinct from '']'' which refers to a joy at the misfortune of others.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} |
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The expression is common with a long history<ref>http://www.hippopress.com/film/moonlightmile.html</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=n0h2O_VVNDsC&pg=PA91&dq=grief-porn</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=IhTkZ6K8c3sC&pg=PA133&dq=grief-porn</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=BPGA3dWRjmcC&pg=PA180&dq=grief-porn</ref> and has been described by Robert Yates, an assistant editor for '']'' as:{{cquote|''Grief Porn''. (n.) Gratification derived from a tenuous connection to the misfortunes of others; the gratuitous indulgence of tangential association with tragedy; getting off on really bad news.<ref name=OB />}} |
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Yates was remarking on the phenomenon he first noticed following the death of ] and the media frenzy that occurred afterwards. He reportably observed an increase in activity during times of national mourning and international disaster, and commented dryly that it primarily affects people working in media.<ref name="OB" />}} |
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Carol Sarler<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/carolsarler</ref>, writing for ], noted that "this new and peculiar pornography of grief" is sometimes called a 'tribute', "the cruder truth is that ersatz grief is now the new pornography; like the worst of hard-core, it is stimulus by proxy, voyeuristically piggy-backing upon that which might otherwise be deemed personal and private, for no better reason than frisson and the quickening of an otherwise jaded pulse.<ref name="NewType">{{cite web | author=Carol Sarler | title=This new and peculiar pornography of grief | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2402693.ece | work=Comment | publisher=TimesOnline | date=7 September, 2007 | accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref> |
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