Tristan Anne Borer
Autore di Challenging the state : churches as political actors in South Africa, 1980-1994
Opere di Tristan Anne Borer
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Turning a critical eye on existing scholarship which argues either that viewing and reading about violence can serve as a force for good (through increased activism), or as a source for evil (by objectifying and exploiting the victims of violence), the authors argue that reality is far more complex, and that there is nothing inherently positive or negative about exposure to the suffering of others. In exploring this, the book offers an array of case studies: from human rights reporting in Mexican newspapers to the impact of media imagery on humanitarian intervention in Somalia; the influence of celebrity activism to the growing role of social media.
By examining a variety of media forms - from television and radio through to social networking - the interdisciplinary set of authors present radical new ways of thinking about the intersection of media portrayals of human suffering and activist responses to them.… (altro)