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This volume investigates our dissonant and exuberant existences
online. As social media users we know we're under surveillance, yet
we continue to click, like, love and share ourselves online as if
nothing was. So, how do we overcome the current online identity
regime? Can we overthrow the rule of Narcissus and destroy the
planetary middle class subject? In this catalogue of strategies,
the reader will find stories on hacker groups, gaming platforms in
the occupied territories, art objects, selfies, augmented reality,
Gen Z autoethnographies, love and life. The authors of this
anthology believe we cannot simply put vanity aside and a rational
analysis of platform capitalism is not going to convince the youngs
on TikTok nor liberate us from Zuckerbergian indentured servitude.
Do we really need to wade through the subjective mud and 'learn
more' about online aesthetics? The answer is yes. Writing by Wendy
Chun, Franco Berardi "BIFO", Julia Preisker, Katherine Behar,
Rebecca Stein, Fabio Cristiano, Emilio Distretti, Natalie Bookchin,
Ana Peraica, Mitra Azar, Donatella Della Ratta, Gabriella Coleman,
Marco Deseriis, Alberto Micali, Daniel de Zeeuw, Giovanni Boccia
Artieri, Jodi Dean.
From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and
digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically
affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in
its turn an impressive visual culture. Yet what are the aesthetic,
political and material implications of the collusion between the
production of this sheer amount of visual media being continuously
shared and re-manipulated on the Internet, and the performance of
the conflict on the ground? This ethnography uses the Syrian case
to reflect more broadly on how the networked age reshapes
contemporary warfare and impacts on the enactment of violence
through images and on images. In stark contrast to the
techno-utopias celebrating digital democracy and participatory
cultures, Donatella Della Ratta's analysis exposes the dark side of
online practices, where visual regimes of representation and media
production dramatically intertwine with modes of destruction and
the performance of violence. Exploring the most socially-mediated
conflict of contemporary times, the book offers a fascinating
insight into the transformation of warfare and life in the age of
the internet.
This volume investigates our dissonant and exuberant existences
online. As social media users we know we're under surveillance, yet
we continue to click, like, love and share ourselves online as if
nothing was. So, how do we overcome the current online identity
regime? Can we overthrow the rule of Narcissus and destroy the
planetary middle class subject? In this catalogue of strategies,
the reader will find stories on hacker groups, gaming platforms in
the occupied territories, art objects, selfies, augmented reality,
Gen Z autoethnographies, love and life. The authors of this
anthology believe we cannot simply put vanity aside and a rational
analysis of platform capitalism is not going to convince the youngs
on TikTok nor liberate us from Zuckerbergian indentured servitude.
Do we really need to wade through the subjective mud and 'learn
more' about online aesthetics? The answer is yes. Writing by Wendy
Chun, Franco Berardi "BIFO", Julia Preisker, Katherine Behar,
Rebecca Stein, Fabio Cristiano, Emilio Distretti, Natalie Bookchin,
Ana Peraica, Mitra Azar, Donatella Della Ratta, Gabriella Coleman,
Marco Deseriis, Alberto Micali, Daniel de Zeeuw, Giovanni Boccia
Artieri, Jodi Dean.
From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and
digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically
affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in
its turn an impressive visual culture. Yet what are the aesthetic,
political and material implications of the collusion between the
production of this sheer amount of visual media being continuously
shared and re-manipulated on the Internet, and the performance of
the conflict on the ground? This ethnography uses the Syrian case
to reflect more broadly on how the networked age reshapes
contemporary warfare and impacts on the enactment of violence
through images and on images. In stark contrast to the
techno-utopias celebrating digital democracy and participatory
cultures, Donatella Della Ratta's analysis exposes the dark side of
online practices, where visual regimes of representation and media
production dramatically intertwine with modes of destruction and
the performance of violence. Exploring the most socially-mediated
conflict of contemporary times, the book offers a fascinating
insight into the transformation of warfare and life in the age of
the internet.
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Arab Media Moguls (Paperback)
Naomi Sakr, Jakob Skovgaard Petersen, Donatella Della Ratta
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R823
Discovery Miles 8 230
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in
regional dynamics of political change. Where do private owners of
Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they
played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and
political polarisation, and reforming business practices in the
Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the fortunes of some leading
media investors and entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
and Tunisia to examine their motives, management styles, financial
performance and links to political power. The resulting profiles
offer intriguing insights into the place of family, education,
religion and media regulation in regional power structures.
Globally, the rise of small digital media, increased competition
law and the precedence of more digitally-savvy younger generations
have fuelled doubts as to whether the archetypal 'media mogul' is a
phenomenon with a future. How do such factors affect power plays in
Arab media? Responding critically to existing Western scholarship
and commentary on magnates in US and European media, this book
explores how far existing assumptions and perceptions about
powerful media owners' eccentricity, innovation and risk-taking
apply in the Arab context and offers a range of alternative
approaches to understanding the central position of certain
individuals in the fast-changing Arab media business.
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Arab Media Moguls (Hardcover)
Naomi Sakr, Jakob Skovgaard Petersen, Donatella Della Ratta
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R4,260
Discovery Miles 42 600
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in
the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private
owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any,
have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering
sectarianism and political polarisation, and reforming business
practices in the Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the rise of
some leading investors and entrepreneurs in Arab media, examining
their motives, management styles, financial performance and links
to political power. Responding critically to scholarship on Western
moguls, this book uncovers the realities of risk and success for
Arab media potentates and billionaires.
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