Image operations : visual media and political conflict
Still and moving images are crucial factors in contemporary political conflicts. They not only have representational, expressive or illustrative functions, but also augment and create significant events. Beyond altering states of mind, they affect bodies and often life or death is at stake. Various...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Manchester : Manchester University Press,
2017
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| Schlagworte: | Mass media Motion pictures Documentary mass media Images, Photographic Politics in art War PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies Motion pictures ; Political aspects Mass media ; Political aspects |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 232 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Still and moving images are crucial factors in contemporary political conflicts. They not only have representational, expressive or illustrative functions, but also augment and create significant events. Beyond altering states of mind, they affect bodies and often life or death is at stake. Various forms of image operations are currently performed in the contexts of war, insurgency and activism. Photographs, videos, interactive simulations and other kinds of images steer drones to their targets, train soldiers, terrorise the public, celebrate protest icons, uncover injustices, or call for help. They are often parts of complex agential networks and move across different media and cultural environments. This book is a pioneering interdisciplinary study of the role and function of images in political life |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 30, 2017 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 232 Seiten) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781526108647 152610864X 9781526107213 152610721X 9781526120984 1526120984 |