UID:
almahu_9948635338102882
Format:
1 online resource (288 pages) :
,
illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2019. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9781526117304
Series Statement:
Manchester Political Studies
Content:
'〈i〉Global humanitarianism and media culture〈/i〉 interrogates various representations of humanitarian crisis, catastrophe and care. The collection explores the refraction of humanitarian intervention and action, from the mid-twentieth century to the present, across a diverse range of media forms, including screen media - film, television and online video - newspapers, memoirs, music festivals and social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. The book explores the historical, cultural and political contexts that have shaped the mediation of humanitarian relationships since the middle of the twentieth century. Together, the contributions illustrate the continuities and connections, as well as the differences, which have characterised the mediatisation of both states of emergency and acts of amelioration. The authors reveal and explore the significant synergies between the humanitarian enterprise, the endeavour to alleviate the suffering of particular groups, and media representations, and their modes of addressing and appealing to specific publics. The collection considers the ways in which media technologies and practices reflect and shape the moral, political, ethical, ideological and material dimensions of humanitarian intervention, and have become integral to the relationships between humanitarian organisations, institutions and individual actors' --Back cover.
Content:
This collection interrogates the representation of humanitarian crisis, catastrophe and care. Contributors explore the refraction of humanitarian intervention from the mid-twentieth century to the present across a diverse range of media forms, including screen media (film, television and online video), newspapers, memoirs, music festivals and social media platforms (notably Facebook, YouTube and Flickr). Examining the historical, cultural and political contexts that have shaped the mediation of humanitarian relationships since the middle of the twentieth century, the book reveals significant synergies between the humanitarian enterprise – the endeavour to alleviate the suffering of particular groups – and its media representations, particularly in their modes of addressing and appealing to specific publics.
Note:
Made available via: manchesterhive.
,
Introduction --Part I: Histories of humanity --1 'United Nations children' in Hollywood cinema: juvenile Actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence --2. Classical antiquity as humanitarian narrative: the Marshall Plan films about Greece – Katerina Loukopoulou --3. ‘The most potent public relations tool ever devised’?: the United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska --Part II: Narratives of humanitarianism --4. The naive republic of aid: grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman --5. ‘Telegenically dead Palestinians’: cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts – Shohini Chaudhuri --6. 'The Unknown Famine': television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones --Part III: Reporting refuge and risk --7. European borderscapes: the management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò --8. The role of aid agencies in the media portrayal of children in Za’atari refugee camp / Toby Fricker --9. Selling the lottery to earn salvation: journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade --Part IV: Capitalism, consumption and charity --10. Consumption, global humanitarianism, and childhood / Laura Suski --11. Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook: from starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor --12. The corporate karma carnival: offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig --Index.
,
Also available in print form.
,
Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
,
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader (latest version recommended), Internet Explorer or other browser (latest version recommended).
,
In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lawrence, Michael; Tavernor, Rachel. Global humanitarianism and media culture, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2019, ISBN 9781526117298
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526117304
URL:
http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526117304/9781526117304.xml
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526117304
