ISBN:
9781137291998
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (300 pages)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.23
Schlagwort(e):
Psychic trauma and mass media
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Mass media -- Psychological aspects
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Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Mass media -- Influence
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Violence in mass media
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Torture in mass media
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
EPUB.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Media Controversy and the Crisis of the Image -- Part I: Controversy and Representation -- 1 Media-Bodies and Photoshop -- 2 Representation and Resemblance in the Case of the Danish Cartoons -- 3 Imitation and Controversy: Performing (Trans)Sexuality in Post-Communist Bulgaria -- 4 X-Ray Visions: Photography, Propaganda and Guantánamo Bay -- Part II: Constructing Controversies -- 5 'The Terrorists with Highlights': Kurdish Female Suicide Bombers in Mainstream Turkish Media -- 6 Constructing Effects: Disturbing Images and the News Construction of 'media influence' in the Virginia Tech Shootings -- 7 Border Patrol: Trevor Brown, Aesthetics and the Protection of Fictitious Children -- 8 'The Following Content is Not Acceptable' -- Part III: Ethics and Aesthetics in Controversial Media -- 9 Cutting Edge: Violence and Body Horror in Anime -- 10 'It's Gonna Hurt a Little Bit. But That's Okay - It Makes My Cock Feel Good': Max Hardcore and the Myth of Pleasure -- 11 The Lexicon of Offence: The Meanings of Torture, Porn, and 'Torture Porn' -- 12 The Beast Within: Materiality, Ethics and Animal Porn -- Part IV: Engaging with Controversial Images -- 13 Embracing Rape: Understanding the Attractions of Exploitation Movies -- 14 His Soul Shatters at About 0:23: Spankwire, Self-Scaring and Hyberbolic Shock -- 15 Playing with Controversial Images in Videogames: The Terrorist Mission Controversy in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -- 16 'A Bad Taste Business': TV Journalists Reflect on the Limits of News Images -- Index.
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