[ecrea] new book: Media and Cosmopolitanism

Media and Cosmopolitanism, eds. Aybige Yilmaz, Ruxandra Trandafoiu and Aris Mousoutzanis (Peter Lang, 2014)
New Visions of the Cosmopolitan, Volume 3

This collection of essays examines the relationship between the media and cosmopolitanism in an increasingly fragmented and globalizing
world. This relationship is presented from multiple perspectives and the essays cover, amongst other themes, cosmopolitanization in everyday
life, the mediation of suffering, trauma studies, and researching cosmopolitanism from a non-Western perspective.
Some of the essays explore existing research and theory about cosmopolitanism and apply it to specific case studies; others attempt to
extend this theoretical framework and engage in a dialogue with the broader disciplines of media and cultural studies. Overall, this variety
of approaches generates valuable insights into the central issue of the book: the role played by the media, in its various forms, in either
encouraging or discouraging cosmopolitanist identifications among its audiences

Contents: Ruxandra Trandafoiu: ‘The World on a Plate’: Transformed Cosmopolitan Utopia in Food Blog Culture – Maggie Andrews: Potential
Cosmopolitan Sensibilities in Feminized and Mediated Remembrance – Phil Jackson: ‘Welcome Europe!’ The Eurovision Song Contest as a
Continuum for Cosmopolitanism – Simone Krüger: The Cosmopolitan City: Music and Mediation During the European Capital of Culture Event
– Stijn Joye: The Local Relevance of Global Suffering: Articulations of Identities and Cosmopolitanism in Television News Discourses on Distant
Suffering – Ludek Stavinoha: AIDS, Africa and Popular Culture: Mediated Cosmopolitanism in a Neoliberal Era – Martin Scott: Encountering
Distant Others? Reconsidering the Appearance of International Coverage for the Study of Mediated Cosmopolitanism – Lizzie D. Falvey: The
Simulation of Suffering: Armchair Tragedy Tourism and International Memorials in Second Life – Olga Baysha/Andrew Calabrese: Cosmopolitan
Vision, Global Responsibility and Local Reporting in Ukraine – Aybige Yilmaz: ‘Not’ Mediating Cosmopolitanism: Media Ethics, Morality and
Media Freedom a la Turca – Aris Mousoutzanis: Trauma, Mediation, Global Crisis – Aris Mousoutzanis: Conclusion: Cosmopolitanism Now.


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