ISBN:
1283947013
,
9780230284050
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 292 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Controversial Images
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Massenmedien
;
Kontroverse
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Offering a series of case studies of recent media controversies, this collection draws on new perspectives in cultural studies to consider a wide variety of images. The book suggest how we might achieve a more subtle understanding of controversial images and negotiate the difficult terrain of the new media landscape
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Constructing Effects: Disturbing Images and the News Construction of 'media influence' in the Virginia Tech Shootings7 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'
Description / Table of Contents:
12 The Beast Within: Materiality, Ethics and Animal PornPart 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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1057/9781137291998
URL:
Volltext
(Online journal 'available contents' page)
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