Fire in a Russian plane: when to save a tragedy is more important than saving or helping – 07/05/2019

By Javier Ricou, Lleida

It's still happened with the plane crashed in Russia. A few seconds before the flames burned until the middle of the pbadage (41 people died), there was someone who was very cold-blooded, but do not help. This pbadenger or pbadenger had the nerve to take out his mobile phone, fire in front of him, and immortalize the tragedy. With a quivering soundtrack: the heartbreaking cries of people trapped in this unit.

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Although the news should not be sought at this stage of the existence of this viral video filmed by one of the pbadengers (presumably survived) before the flames devour the plane. I miss him, considering the antecedents of similar facts in the social networks, it is that they do not appear more pictures Ferran Lalueza, professor of communication and social media at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and researcher at GAME, is similar to this hell filmed by other pbadengers.

"We live in a world that no longer thinks about the convenience of removing the phone to record"

"It's a vicious circle – Lalueza adds – the repeated spread of this type of images made us insensitive to such an extent that we no longer have moral, legal or common sense objections when it comes to capturing and sharing them, which in turn contributes to increase this desensitization. "

"What strikes in the images of the Moscow crash, is that until now only one video transcended from within the aircraft – reiterates this UOC professor – as these behaviors they are very imitating: if we see someone registering, we tend to do the same thing. And the more people record a scene in front of us, the more we feel that we are overwhelmed by the fact that, if we do not record it too, we are missing something precious"

The existence of these images is undoubtedly a blow to the relatives of the 41 victims of this accident. They do not need to see a video or hear these cries imagine how it was the end of their loved ones. A sentiment that is reflected in some protests made in January by the father of the Spanish citizen killed after the explosion of a bakery in Paris.

"In the arms on the street, asking for help, help, people, what a little heart, with the bading phone in their hands, recording, and no one deigned to help this man, "said the victim's father the scenario with which his son-in-law was found while he wandered down the street with the body of his wounded wife in his arms.

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This is a war that many give for lost in this technology society. Ferran Lalueza emphasizes: "Immersed in a culture of immediacy and ubiquity, there is no prior reflection the convenience or not of the capture of these images, or the use that we will eventually give them, or the opportunity cost of knowing the mobile instead of worrying for his own safety or that of others " .

This communications expert believes that in a few years "we have internalized this behavior until it becomes something purely instinctive and far from any rational logic".

And why are we falling into this trap?

"In social networks, we are addicted to tastes, but getting them is more and more difficult.The bar is now very high.Little things have an impact on us and we only applaud the unusual or the unattainable, "said Lalueza. Everyday scenes do not arouse any interest. "On the other hand," adds this professor from the UOC, "showing that inside a plane landed in flames is something that very few people can do. Capturing such dramatic moments can have a lot to do with the desire, conscious or not, to arouse the admiration of a mbad audience. "

The Dutch Red Cross has been a pioneer in taking action in this area. They started a campaign that says, "Do not film, help us". It addresses people who are considering an accident and, instead of calling in case of emergency, they use their phone to record everything and hang images on the networks.