![]() ![]() However, not everyone agrees that trigger warnings are necessary or helpful. Considered from this perspective, trigger warnings give students increased autonomy over their learning, and are an affirmation that the instructor cares about their wellbeing. Other students might indeed be ready to confront a personal trauma in an academic context but will benefit from a forewarning of certain topics so that they can brace themselves prior to (for example) participating in a classroom discussion about it. They choose to avoid it now so that they can deal with it more effectively at a later date – perhaps after they have set up necessary resources, supports, or counselling. ![]() Such students might not yet be ready to confront a personal trauma in an academic context. Proponents of trigger warnings contend that certain course content can impact the wellbeing and academic performance of students who have experienced corresponding traumas in their own lives. In an academic context, the instructor delivers these messages in order to allow students to prepare emotionally for the content or to decide to forgo interacting with the content. ![]() That content might include graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse, self-harm, violence, eating disorders, and so on, and can take the form of an image, video clip, audio clip, or piece of text. A trigger warning is a statement made prior to sharing potentially disturbing content.
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