Today in tutorial we continued to work on our PB4’s in our groups. Ryan, Lydia, Jason and I assigned each other specific roles so everything can be done quicker and more efficiently. Since a draft of our audio section to the assignment is due next Wednesday, we assigned roles for that first before the video section.

My task to complete before next Monday (because our group meets on Monday and Tuesday) was to interview Hannah in our class. Trigger warnings essentially originated in the US and are predominately used there. Hannah is from Detroit in America, thus would have a greater understanding of trigger warnings, and her opinion/ experience with them is valuable information. I borrowed an audio zoom microphone and found a quiet room on level 9 where the interview could take place. The room was small, however the effects were still quite echoey, which didn’t really affect the quality, just could have been a bit clearer.

I asked Hannah about her experiences with trigger warnings, and when she’s encountered them or being immersed within them in any way.

She began discussing how predominate they are on social media or online in general, which she believes is a positive as acts as a protector to graphic or offensive material.

She then drew the issue of trigger warnings being placed on content in universities or any other educational environment, which she finds ‘ridiculous’ as university in particular is meant to set people up for life, and there aren’t trigger warnings for life. Good points Hannah!