The poverty of television, the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines, Jonathan Corpus Ong
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The poverty of television, the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines, Jonathan Corpus Ong
Language
eng
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The poverty of television
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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910834548
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Jonathan Corpus Ong
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Anthem global media and communication studiesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines
Summary
Based on a 20-month 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. The book aims to contribute to the broader project of de-Westernizing media studies and explore the tension between ethical prescription and anthropological description in the social sciences and humanities.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: the poverty of television -- The moral turn: from first principles to lay moralities -- Theorising mediated suffering: ethics of media texts, audiences and ecologies -- Audience ethics: mediating suffering in everyday life -- Entertainment: playing with pity -- News: recognising calls to action -- Conclusions: mediating suffering, dividing class
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