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In case of emergency : how technologies mediate crisis and normalize inequality / Elizabeth Ellcessor.

Author/creator Ellcessor, Elizabeth author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Descriptionvii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: Mediating Emergency, Maintaining Normalcy -- Alarm! The Intensified Affect of Emergency -- Maps and the Affective Surveillance of "Safety" -- Alert: Interruptions, Instructions, and Authority -- What is your emergency? reports and responses -- Help! Social Media Testimony and Emergency Bids -- Conclusion: From Emergency to Engagement.
Abstract "In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services and discriminatory assumptions about who or what is a threat and who deserves care and protection. Thus, a primary function of emergency media is to produce feelings of safety in some while designating others as targets of surveillance and control"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2021027790
ISBN9781479811625 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN1479811629 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN9781479811632 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN1479811637 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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