[Commlist] new book: Media Solidarities: Emotions, power and justice in the digital age

Media Solidarities: Emotions, power and justice in the digital age. Sage 
2019.

by Kaarina Nikunen


Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, /Media 
Solidarities /explores the way in which media can both enable and 
obstruct meaningful bonds of solidarity and positive social change. The 
book argues for the importance of understanding how affective economy 
works through media: how emotions may enhance or hinder social bonds and 
shape moral judgements in mediatized societies.


In the heart of investigation is the paradox of media solidarity: //the 
gap between the multitude of expressions of solidarity and the constant 
eroding of structures of solidarity. Economic uncertainty, increased 
competition, forced flexibility and environmental disasters do not 
suggest a bright picture for the planet. Dark prognoses of political 
polarization and the further rise of right-wing populism, enhanced by a 
highly commercial, technologized media environment, offer little hope 
for solidarity. Concurrently and paradoxically, these developments in 
politics, economy and media, seem to have led to an ever-growing role 
for media solidarities.


The book explores the complex and multiple expressions of media 
solidarities, their affective formations, commercial packaging and 
political power. It investigates how digital media environment has 
shaped the ways in which people show solidarity and learn about cases of 
injustice. The first chapter offers an overview of theorizations of 
solidarity from sociology and political theory to post-colonial feminist 
studies. This is followed by empirical case studies from activist media 
and reality-TV to craftivism and political protests.


For more information please visit:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/media-solidarities/book253882#reviews

Media Solidarities | SAGE Publications Ltd 
<https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/media-solidarities/book253882#reviews>
uk.sagepub.com
A rare book that steps back from the achievement of thunderous protest 
to properly appreciate mediated solidarities as the fragile outcome of 
injury, cooperation, and joy in the everyday.




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