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

Mon Jan 28 16:41:45 GMT 2019





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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