Media, mobilization, and human rights mediating suffering / edited by Tristan Anne Borer.
| Other author | Borer, Tristan Anne, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Zed Books, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. Humanitarian intervention in the 1990s: cultural remembrance and the reading of Somalia as Vietnam / David Kieran -- 2. Framing a rights ethos: artistic media and the dream of a culture without borders / Michael Galchinsky -- 3. How editors choose which human rights news to cover: a case study of Mexican newspapers / Ella McPherson -- 4. Framing strategies for economic and social rights in the United States / Dan Chong -- 5. F̀resh, wet tears': shock media and human rights awareness campaigns / Tristan Anne Borer -- 6. Celebrity diplomats as mobilizers? Celebrities and activism in a hypermediated time / Joseph F. Turcotte -- 7. Amplifying individual impact: social media's emerging role in activism / Sarah Kessler -- 8. The spectacle of suffering and humanitarian intervention in Somalia / Joel R. Pruce. |
| Summary | This text investigates the assumption that exposure to human rights violations in countries far away causes people to respond with activism to end atrocities. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012474295 |
| ISBN | 9781780320670 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1780320671 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781780320694 |
| ISBN | 1780320698 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |