Tit-For-Tat Media: The Contentious Bodies and Sex Imagery of Political Activism

di Katrien Jacobs (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022

This book examines the visual-sexual turn in social media discourses in the field of online activism with a particular focus on the extraordinary protest years of 2018–2020. Presenting a socially engaged theory of "tit-for-tat media" and including case-studies on activist movements such as the Euro-American alt-right, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, and revolutionary artists in China, this study reveals how visual cultures, including gendered or sexualized imagery, are utilized to influence public perception. By presenting in-depth explorations of online ethnography, interviews with activists and studies of the political histories and urban protests-environments, the volume uncovers how local artists, netizens and citizens are using media and digital imagery in contemporary activism. Covering a broad spectrum of social media content, from hyper-cute manga and cartoons to satirical pornography and sexualized hate-speech, it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies, political communication, sexuality and gender studies.

• Autore: Katrien Jacobs
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 122 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 453 gr.
• EAN: 9780367753351

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