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Image Operations: Visual Media and Political Conflict
Jens Eder (Ed.)
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Description for Image Operations: Visual Media and Political Conflict
Hardback. A powerful book that provides new interdisciplinary perspective on the functions of still and moving images in political conflict. Editor(s): Eder, Jens; Klonk, Charlotte. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 colour illustrations, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 247 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Still and moving images are crucial factors in contemporary political conflicts. They not only have representational, expressive or illustrative functions, but also augment and create significant events. Beyond altering states of mind, they affect bodies and often life or death is at stake. Various forms of image operations are currently performed in the contexts of war, insurgency and activism. Photographs, videos, interactive simulations and other kinds of images steer drones to their targets, train soldiers, terrorise the public, celebrate protest icons, uncover injustices, or call for help. They are often parts of complex agential networks and move across different media ... Read more
Still and moving images are crucial factors in contemporary political conflicts. They not only have representational, expressive or illustrative functions, but also augment and create significant events. Beyond altering states of mind, they affect bodies and often life or death is at stake. Various forms of image operations are currently performed in the contexts of war, insurgency and activism. Photographs, videos, interactive simulations and other kinds of images steer drones to their targets, train soldiers, terrorise the public, celebrate protest icons, uncover injustices, or call for help. They are often parts of complex agential networks and move across different media ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526107213
SKU
V9781526107213
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Ref
99-15
About Jens Eder (Ed.)
Jens Eder is Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the University of Mannheim Charlotte Klonk is Professor in Art History and New Media at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin -- .
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