In the post-9/11 era, media technologies have become increasingly intertwined with vertical power as airwaves, airports, air space, and orbit have been commandeered to support national security and defense. This book develops the concept of vertical mediation to explore how audi…
In the post-9/11 era, media technologies have become increasingly intertwined with vertical power as airwaves, airports, air space, and orbit have been commandeered to support national security and defense. In this book, Lisa Parks develops the concept of vertical mediation to e…
Wars have always been connected to images. From the representation of war on maps, panoramas, and paintings to the modern visual media of photography, film, and digital screens, images have played a central role in representing combat, military strategy, soldiers, and victims. S…
Seit langem dienen Presse, Radio und Fernsehen als Medienwaffen. Neu setzen Terroristen auf dem Internet Video-Clips als das "Instrument des armen Mannes" ein. Wenn Lug und Trug die Massen aufrütteln sollen, dann ist den Mächtigen jedes Mittel recht. Peter Forster zeigt, wie im …
Reporting war: journalism in wartime
This text exposes how gendered Orientalism is wielded to justify Western imperialism. Over the last ten years, Western governments and mainstream media have utilized concepts of white masculine supremacy and feminine helplessness, juxtaposed with Orientalist images depicting wom…
Over the last ten years, Western governments and mainstream media have used concepts of white masculine supremacy and feminine helplessness, juxtaposed depictions of women of color as mysterious, sinister and dangerous, to support war. Oscillating between suicide bomber and help…