Poverty of Television - The Mediation of Suffering in Class-Divided Philippines

Based on an ethnographic study of television and audiences in class-divided Philippines, this is the first book to take a bottom-up approach in considering how people respond to images and narratives of suffering and poverty on television.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Poverty of Television; 1. The Moral Turn: From First Principles to Lay Moralities; 2. Theorizing Mediated Suffering: Ethics of Media Texts, Audiences and Ecologies; 3. Audience Ethics: Mediating Suffering in Everyday Life; 4. Entertainment: Playing with Pity; 5. News: Recognizing Calls to Action; Conclusions: Mediating Suffering, Dividing Class; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Info autore

Jonathan Corpus Ong is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Ong Jonathan Corpus
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781783087006
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-700-6
• Pagine: 226
• Serie: Anthem Global Media and Commun; Anthem Global Media and Communication Studies; Anthem Global Media and Communication Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philippines, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society