content warning
Heads-up for viewers
A content warning is a notice that material contains potentially distressing subject matter—violence, sexual content, discussion of trauma, or other sensitive topics.
Content warnings allow people to prepare emotionally or avoid the material entirely: The podcast begins with a content warning for descriptions of abuse.
Sometimes abbreviated CW.
See also trigger warning.
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- viewer discretionContent warning notice
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- heads upAdvance warning notice
- noticeBecome aware of
alert · labeling · announcement · caution · information · mental health · mental health awareness · PTSD · notification · audience reaction · preface · distress · annotation · coping · trauma narratives · age rating · controversial subjects · moderation
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- content ratingsMPAA, rating system, movie rating, movie ratings, TV ratings
- media regulationcensorship, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship, book banning
- access restrictionspassword, paywall, login wall, geo-block, IP ban
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- Film RatingsU, PG, 12, 15, 18
content warningambush
Surprise strike from concealment
shock content · blindsiding · cold open · in medias res · jump scare
content warningshock value
Capacity to disturb
sensationalism · shock tactics · exploitation · in your face · trigger
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