Jonathan Corpus Ong

The Poverty of Television

The Mediation of Suffering in Class-Divided Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781783084067
• ISBN-10: 1783084065
• Artikelnr.: 42235229

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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