A shock site or gore site[1] is a website that is intended to be offensive or disturbing to its viewers, though it can also contain elements of humor[2] or evoke (in some viewers) sexual arousal.[3] They contain material of high shock value, generally of a pornographic, scatological, racist, sexist, graphically violent, insulting, vulgar, profane, or otherwise provocative nature. Some shock sites display a single picture, animation, video clip or small gallery, and are circulated via email or disguised in posts to discussion sites as a prank.