10-07-2017, 06:14 PM
I agree, these stories are very upsetting.
We used to see a by-stander effect where people wouldn't help because they'd assume someone else would do it, or that someone else would be better placed (e.g. more knowledgeable). Now we get this whole new layer added with camera phones. I am not excusing them, but I suspect for some people when they are viewing events through the screen/viewfinder, it has a distancing effect and makes it seem less like they should do something to help. It is a worrying trend.
We used to see a by-stander effect where people wouldn't help because they'd assume someone else would do it, or that someone else would be better placed (e.g. more knowledgeable). Now we get this whole new layer added with camera phones. I am not excusing them, but I suspect for some people when they are viewing events through the screen/viewfinder, it has a distancing effect and makes it seem less like they should do something to help. It is a worrying trend.