Global humanitarianism and media culture / edited by Michael Lawrence and Rachel Tavernor.

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TextSeries: Humanitarianism (Series)Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1526117290
1526117304
9781526117298
9781526117304

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global humanitarianism and media culture.DDC classification:

323 22

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P96.C75 G56 2019eb

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Contents:

Introduction : global humanitarianism and media culture -- Histories of humanity. "United Nations children" in Hollywood cinema : juvenile actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence -- Classical antiquity as a humanitarian narrative : the Marshall Plan films about Greece / Katerina Loukopoulou -- "The most potent public relations tool ever devised"? : the United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska -- Narratives of humanitarianism. The naive republic of aid : grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman -- "Telegenically dead Palestinians" : cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts / Sohini Chaudhuri -- The unknown famine : television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones -- Reporting refuge and risk. European borderscapes : the management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò -- The role of aid agencies in the media portrayl of children in Za'atari Refuge Camp / Toby Fricker -- Selling the lottery to earn salvation : journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade -- Capitalism, consumption and charity. Consumption, global humanitarianism and childhood / Laura Suski -- Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook : from starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor -- The corporate karma carnival : offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig.

Summary: 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. --

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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. --