ISBN:
9780253051400
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 321 Seiten)
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DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Mass media / Political aspects
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Social action
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Social movements
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Mass media / Political aspects
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Social action
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Social movements
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Electronic books
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Abstract:
In the 1940s, it was 16 mm film. In the 1980s, it was handheld video cameras. Today, it is cell phones and social media. Activists have always found ways to use the media du jour for quick and widespread distribution. InsUrgent Media from the Front takes a look at activist media practices in the 21st century and sheds light on what it means to enact change using different media of the past and present. Chris Robé and Stephen Charbonneau's edited collection uses the term 'insUrgent media' to highlight the ways grassroots media activists challenged and are challenging hegemonic norms like colonialism, patriarchy, imperialism, classism, and heteronormativity. Additionally, the term is used to convey the sense of urgency that defines media activism. Unlike slower traditional media, activist media has historically sacrificed aesthetics for immediacy. Consequently, this 'run and gun' method of capturing content has shaped the way activist media looks throughout history.With chapters focused on indigenous resistance, community media, and the use of media as activism throughout US history, InsUrgent Media from the Front emphasizes the wide reach media activism has had over time. Visibility is not enough when it comes to media activism, and the contributors provide examples of how to refocus the field not only to be an activist but to study activism as well
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Then and Now: Comparative POV on Activist Media, by John D. H. Downing -- Introduction: InsUrgent Projections, by Chris Robé and Stephen Charbonneau -- I. US Radical Histories -- 1. Men and Dust, Labor Advocacy, and Alternative Film Distribution, 1939-1942 / Tanya Goldman -- 2. Subjugated Histories as Affective Resistance: US Abortion Documentaries, Middle-Class Resistance, and Botched Political Subjectivity / Angela Aguayo
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3. Setting the Terms of Our Own Visibility: A Conversation between Sam Feder and Alexandra Juhasz on Trans Activist Media in the United States / Sam Feder and Alexandra Juhasz -- 4. Seeing What the Patrimony Didn't Save: Alternative Stewardship of the Activist Media Archive-A Conversation between Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore Kerr / Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore Kerr -- II. Indigenous Resistances and Indigenous Issues in Canada, the United States, and Australia
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5. Coming to the Fire: Collaboration across Cultures in Media Activism / Sam Burch, Lisa Gye, Kristy-Lee Horswood, Daniel Marcus, and Oliver Vodeb -- 6. The Program(ming) Is Political: Documentary, Festivals, and the Politics of Programming / Ezra Winton -- 7. Mobilizing with Video in the Extractive Zone / Dorothy Kidd -- 8. Idle No More as Digital Nation / Kristi Kouchakji and Jason W. Buel -- 9. Letting It Seep In: Ojibwe Filmmaking Duo Adam and Zack Khalil Discuss Political Filmmaking as Covert Ops / Ezra Winton -- III. Community Media in the Americas and Asia
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10. Media Activism through Community: A Case Study of Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources / Ruth Goldman -- 11. Community Organizing and Media Activism: The Case of v-artivist in Hong Kong / Chun Chun Ting -- 12. WhatsApp Messaging and Murder in Mexico / Kara Andrade -- 13. Film, Video, and Digital Media Activism Collection: Regional Video Activism in India-Video Volunteers, Community, and Empowerment / Ben Lenzner -- List of Contributors -- Index
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