ISBN:
9783034309691
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (291 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Media and Cosmopolitanism
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This collection of essays examines the relationship between the media and cosmopolitanism in an increasingly fragmented and globalizing world. This relationship is presented from multiple perspectives and the essays cover, amongst other themes, cosmopolitanization in everyday life, the mediation of suffering, trauma studies, and researching cosmopolitanism from a non-Western perspective. Some of the essays explore existing research and theory about cosmopolitanism and apply it to specific case studies; others attempt to extend this theoretical framework and engage in a dialogue with the broad
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction (Aybige Yilmaz and Ruxandra Trandafoiu); Cosmopolitanism, Media and Everyday Life; Media, Morality and Cosmopolitanism; Emerging Research; Media and Cosmopolitanism; References; 'The World on a Plate': Transformed Cosmopolitan Utopia in Food Blog Culture (Ruxandra Trandafoiu); Defining a Culinary Cosmopolitan Utopia; At Home in the World; 'Accented' Food; Conclusion; References; Food Blogs; Interviews; Potential Cosmopolitan Sensibilities in Feminized and Mediated Remembrance (Maggie Andrews); Conclusion; References
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'Welcome Europe!' The Eurovision Song Contest as a Continuum for Cosmopolitanism (Phil Jackson)The Cosmopolitan Continuum; From the EBU to the ESC; Public Service Media: Democratization Through Song; The Branding of the ESC; A Contrived Cosmopolitanism?; Conclusion; References; Appendix 1: Timeline of Participation; The Cosmopolitan City: Music and Mediation During the European Capital of Culture Event (Simone Krüger); Constructing the Cosmopolitan City; Performing the Cosmopolitan City; Orientalism, Exoticism and Stereotyping Scousers; Cosmopolitanism in the Post-Industrial City; Conclusion
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ReferencesThe Local Relevance of Global Suffering: Articulations of Identities and Cosmopolitanism in Television News Discourses on Distant Suffering (Stijn Joye); Mediated Suffering and Identities of the Self and the Other; News Discourses and Regimes of Pity; Methodology; Text; An Identity of the Self; An Identity of the Other; An Identity of the Domesticated Other; Discursive Practices; Social Practices; Conclusion; References; AIDS, Africa and Popular Culture: Mediated Cosmopolitanism in a Neoliberal Era (Ludek Stavinoha); Normative Violence and the Mediation of Distant Suffering
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Images of AfricaAIDS in Africa and the Uses of Liberal Humanism; Product RED; Digital Death; Post-Humanitarianism and the Denial of Voice; Structural Violence and the Erasure of History; From Positive to Negative Duties: Cosmopolitanism and the Global AIDS Movement; Conclusion; References; Encountering Distant Others? Reconsidering the Appearance of International Coverage for the Study of Mediated Cosmopolitanism (Martin Scott); Studying the Appearance of Distant Others; Capturing Encounters; Non-News Television Content; Television News; Encountering Distant Others?
Description / Table of Contents:
The Appearance of Distant Others in UK Television NewsThe Appearance of Distant Others in Non-News Television; Discussion; Conclusion; References; The Simulation of Suffering: Armchair Tragedy Tourism and International Memorials in Second Life (Lizzie D. Falvey); Tragedy Tourism Destinations in Second Life; Education/Initial Exposure; Immersion Through Interactivity; Sensitization and Identification with Victims' Perspective; Encouraging Empathy and Action; End Effects of Change; References
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Cosmopolitan Vision, Global Responsibility and Local Reporting in Ukraine (Olga Baysha and Andrew Calabrese)
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