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Informationen zum Autor RÜSTEM ERTU? ALTINAY Doctoral candidate at New York University, USAMARTIN BARKER Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University, UKBRUCE BENNETT Lecturer in Film Studies in the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University, UKPAUL BRIGHTON Executive Principal Lecturer and Head of Media and Film, University of Wolverhampton, UKCATHERINE ANN COLLINS Professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Willamette University, USAJEREMY COLLINS Lectures in media studies at London Metropolitan University, UKDAVID DOUGLASS Dean of Campus Life and Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Willamette University, USAMEREDITH JONES Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaSTEVE JONES Lecturer in the Department of Media at Northumbria University, UKJULIA KENNEDY Senior Lecturer in Journalism at University College Falmouth, UKPLAMENA KOURTOVA PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at Florida State University, USASTEPHEN MADDISON Principal Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UKSUSANNA PAASONEN Professor of Media Studies at University of Turku, FinlandJULIAN PETLEY Professor of Journalism and Screen Media in the School of Arts, Brunel University, UKCAROLINE RUDDELL Lecturer in Film and Television at St. Mary's University College at Strawberry Hill, UKCLARISSA SMITH Reader in Sexual Cultures at the University of Sunderland, UKADAM STAPLETON PhD candidate in the school of CommunicationArts at the University of Western Sydney, Australia Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Controversy and the Crisis of the Image; F.Attwood , V.Campbell , I.Q.Hunter & S.Lockyer PART I: CONTROVERSY AND REPRESENTATION Media-Bodies and Photoshop; M.Jones Representation and Resemblance in The Case of the Danish Cartoons; C.Collins & D.Douglass Imitation and Controversy: Performing (Trans)Sexuality in Post-communist Bulgaria; P.Kourtova X-Ray Visions: Photography, Propaganda and Guantánamo Bay; B.Bennett PART II: CONSTRUCTING CONTROVERSIES 'The Terrorists with Highlights': Kurdish Female Suicide Bombers in Mainstream Turkish Media; E.Altinay Constructing Effects: Disturbing Images and the News Construction of 'media influence' in the Virginia Tech Shootings; J.Collins Border Patrol: Trevor Brown, Aesthetics and the Protection of Fictitious Children; A.Stapleton 'The Following Content Is Not Acceptable'; J.Petley PART III: ETHICS AND AESTHETICS IN CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA Cutting Edge: Violence and Body Horror in Anime; C.Ruddell 'It's Gonna Hurt a Little Bit. But That's Okay – It Makes My Cock Feel Good': Max Hardcore and the Myth of Pleasure; S.Maddison The Lexicon of Offense: The Meanings of Torture, Porn, and 'Torture Porn'; S.Jones The Beast Within: Materiality, Ethics and Animal Porn; S.Paasonen PART IV: ENGAGING WITH CONTROVERSIAL IMAGES Embracing Rape: Understanding the Attractions of Exploitation Movies; M.Barker His Soul Shatters at About 0:23: Spankwire, Self-Scaring and Hyberbolic Shock; J.Kennedy & C.Smith Playing with Controversial Images in Videogames: The Terrorist Mission Controversy in 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'; V.Campbell 'A Bad Taste Business': TV Journalists Reflect on the Limits of News Images; P.Brighton...
