Real-time videos from the night of January 27, 2013, capture survivors and volunteers desperately breaking through walls and carrying bodies from the smoke-filled building.

involves exploring the tension between the public's right to information and the ethical boundaries of displaying graphic content. The 2013 tragedy in Santa Maria, which resulted in 242 deaths, serves as a critical case study for journalism, law, and engineering ethics. Paper Abstract: Ethical and Visual Impact The paper should analyze how "strong images" ( imagens fortes ) from the Boate Kiss fire functioned as both evidence of negligence tools of sensationalism

Conversely, blogs and early social media networks in 2013 saw the rapid spread of uncensored, graphic images taken by bystanders and early responders. Media critics argue that this continuous circulation does little to inform the public and instead commodifies human suffering, desensitizing viewers and prolonging the trauma of the victims' families. The Psychological Toll on Survivors and Families