Ashleigh Charles
Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review
Charles, Ashleigh; Hare-Duke, Laurie; Nudds, Hannah; Franklin, Donna; Llewellyn-Beardsley, Joy; Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan; Gust, Onni; Ng, Fiona; Evans, Elizabeth; Knox, Emily; Townsend, Ellen; Yeo, Caroline; Slade, Mike
Authors
Laurie Hare-Duke
Hannah Nudds
Donna Franklin
Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley
STEFAN RENNICK EGGLESTONE stefan.egglestone@nottingham.ac.uk
Principal Research Fellow
Dr ONNI GUST ONNI.GUST@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
DR FIONA NG FIONA.NG@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Principal Research Fellow
ELIZABETH EVANS elizabeth.evans@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Screen Cultures
Emily Knox
ELLEN TOWNSEND ELLEN.TOWNSEND@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Psychology
CAROLINE FOX Caroline.Fox@nottingham.ac.uk
Anne Mclaren Fellow
MIKE SLADE M.SLADE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion
Contributors
Michelle L. Munro-Kramer
Editor
Abstract
Content and trigger warnings give information about the content of material prior to receiving it. Different typologies of content warnings have emerged across multiple sectors, including health, social media, education and entertainment. Benefits arising from their use are contested, with recent empirical evidence from educational sectors suggesting they may raise anxiety and reinforce the centrality of trauma experience to identity, whilst benefits relate to increased individual agency in making informed decisions about engaging with content. Research is hampered by the absence of a shared intersectoral typology of warnings. The aims of this systematic review are to develop a typology of content warnings and to identify the contexts in which content warnings are used. The review was pre-registered (ID: CRD42020197687, URL: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020197687) and used five sources: electronic databases covering multiple sectors (n = 19); table of contents from multi-sectoral journals (n = 5), traditional and social media websites (n = 53 spanning 36 countries); forward and backward citation tracking; and expert consultation (n = 15). In total, 6,254 documents were reviewed for eligibility and 136 documents from 32 countries were included. These were synthesised to develop the Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) content warning typology, which comprises 14 domains: Violence, Sex, Stigma, Disturbing content, Language, Risky behaviours, Mental health, Death, Parental guidance, Crime, Abuse, Socio-political, Flashing lights and Objects. Ten sectors were identified: Education, Audio-visual industries, Games and Apps, Media studies, Social sciences, Comic books, Social media, Music, Mental health, and Science and Technology. Presentation formats (n = 15) comprised: education materials, film, games, websites, television, books, social media, verbally, print media, apps, radio, music, research, DVD/video and policy document. The NEON content warning typology provides a framework for consistent warning use and specification of key contextual information (sector, presentation format, target audience) in future content warning research, allowing personalisation of content warnings and investigation of global sociopolitical trends over time.
Citation
Charles, A., Hare-Duke, L., Nudds, H., Franklin, D., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Gust, O., Ng, F., Evans, E., Knox, E., Townsend, E., Yeo, C., & Slade, M. (2022). Typology of content warnings and trigger warnings: Systematic review. PLoS ONE, 17(5), Article e0266722. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266722
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 25, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | May 4, 2022 |
Publication Date | May 4, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 30, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | May 4, 2022 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 17 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | e0266722 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266722 |
Keywords | Multidisciplinary |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7678907 |
Publisher URL | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266722 |
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