“This video is extremely annoying”

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Pornography is often accessed on the Internet, including by children and young people under the age of 16. That was frightening, said the Swiss Crime Prevention (SKP). This is one of the reasons why the inter-cantonal specialized service launched an explanatory video together with the police.

The result is a disturbing “Explain Bear” video. In the nearly three-minute clip, a menacing animated character in a deep, haunting voice explains that watching porn is not okay and why.

Digital and education expert Philippe Wampfler (45) analyzed the video for Blick. He says: “The campaign video really annoys me. In terms of content, different levels flow into each other: legal pornography, illegal pornography, sexting. In addition, several punishment components appear in the video. By that you probably meant to say: it’s best not to watch porn at all! »

“Pedagogically problematic”

After all, the character in the video comes across as a bouncer or pimp, her voice is very menacing, says Wampfler. “This threat strikes me as problematic from a pedagogical point of view. Because it’s scary and all wrong, especially on this topic.”

Especially the allure of the threatening seems to have the opposite effect for Wampfler. “If you reinforce that, it can increase the incentive for young people to do something that is forbidden to be well received by their peers.”

The difficulty in realizing this was that the three main problem areas of legal and illegal pornography and sexting as child pornography under the age of 16 could not be shown directly according to the SKP.

“Different tone, different staging”

The expert could have used a real young person for the video, a lawyer or a police officer who would provide factual information about the dangers.

Ultimately, the goal should be for children or young people to go to adult counselors and seek dialogue with them if they have concerns. “But as soon as you scare them or something threatens them, the inhibitions build that they actually talk about it,” says Wampfler.

“If you had just chosen a different tone, a different staging, you could have cut through the threat that resonates strongly in this video. That too would have been well received by the Tiktok generation,” summarizes the education expert.

Source:Blick