How have other, less horrific, images served to desensitize us as a society?
Do Images only capture our attention when they are provocative? Think of advertisements, do we remember the scandalous ones over the tame ads?
I think being exposed daily, through TV, movies, the internet, etc. to strong imagery has certainly contributed to our society becoming desensitized to the effects of the most provocative imagery over time. The level of indignity needed to stimulate people to act has certainly increased over time. As striking as the Brookes diagram is, the image of the Vietnam Girl running is a photo, rather then a drawing, and is more graphic then the Brookes diagram I believe.
Compare the diagram of Abu Ghraib with the diagram from the Brookes and examine the graphic nature of each, the effect of each on the psyche of the citizens exposed to it, and other possible comparisons to see how the effects of images on our psyche has changed over time.
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