The media are inextricable from controversy yet "controversy" is
an under-theorized term in studies of the media, even though
controversies over specific images, from "video nasties" to
snapshots from Abu Ghraib, have structured our understanding of the
media's power, seductiveness and dangers. This collection offers a
series of case studies of recent media controversies and draws on
new perspectives in cultural studies to consider a wide variety of
types of image, including newspaper cartoons, advertising and
fashion photography, music videos, photojournalism, news media, art
works, hardcore porn film, anime, horror and exploitation movies,
video games, and YouTube reaction videos. In the current climate
when images appear to be increasingly controversial, it is
important that media controversies are not made the excuse for
greater censorship and the demonization of "dangerous" images and
the audiences that consume them. The case studies in this book
suggest how we might achieve a more subtle understanding of
controversial images and negotiate the difficult terrain of the new
media landscape.
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