Media solidarities : emotions, power and justice in the digital age / Kaarina Nikunen.

• Introduction -- Understanding solidarity -- Producing media solidarities -- Imagining equality with politics of hospitality -- Feeling good through entertainment -- Sharing suffering on social media -- Participating and protesting online -- Conclusions.

• What does it mean when images of refugees' plight are shared on social media? Or when we respond to emotive NGO fundraising campaigns, or are heartened by do-good reality TV shows? Do these narratives offer incentives for genuine social change or only momentary feelings of individual satisfaction? Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, Media Solidarities explores the way in which media can both enable and obstruct meaningful social bonds and positive change. Written in a highly approachable style, it ties theory to contemporary world events and media discourses through a series of examples and case studies. With a focus on digital media and their impact on how we feel and express solidarity, the book offers an analytical toolkit to critically understand media narratives of representation, participation and production--back cover. 

Ämnesord

Massmedia  (sao)

Politik och massmedia  (sao)

Communication.  (LCSH)

Social change.  (LCSH)

Mass media and culture.  (LCSH)

Mass media  -- Social aspects. (LCSH)

Mass media  -- Political aspects. (LCSH)

Communication.  (fast)

Mass media and culture.  (fast)

Social change.  (fast)

Mass media  -- Political aspects. (fast)

Mass media  -- Social aspects. (fast)

Massmedia  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Mass media  (LCSH)

Press and politics  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

P90 (LCC)

302.23 (DDC)

Bs (kssb/8 (machine generated))