Shock value

This article is about the psychological effect. For other uses, see Shock value (disambiguation).

Shock value (or shock factor) is the potential of an image, text, action, or other form of communication, such as a public execution, to provoke a reaction of shock by eliciting sharp disgust, anger, fear, or similar adverse emotions.

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