Essays about: "distant suffering"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words distant suffering.

1. 1. ‘Media witnessing’: people’s engagement with viral news photographs of Syrian children in 2015 and 2016

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Ninni Ahonen; [2018]
   Keywords : Media witnessing; engagement; news photographs; dyadic interviews; viral images; mediated cosmopolitanism; children; Syrian crisis;

   Abstract : This qualitative and explanatory study focuses on the concept of ‘media witnessing’, which concerns witnessing media texts performed in, by, and through the media. The aim is to determine how people from different backgrounds engage with news photographs of Syrian children which went viral in 2015 and 2016. READ MORE

3. 2. Media construction of suffering : Nepalese print media role in representing suffering of earthquake victims

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Chet Bahadur Bhujel; [2018]
   Keywords : Media and Communication; Media; spectator; suffering; proximity; distance; moral responsibility; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In crisis, media plays an important role in connecting people, communicating information and assisting with potential new dimensions, designs and approach. Media representation holds key for ongoing rescue program and upcoming rebuilding program, especially in developing countries where no one knows when the real impact of disaster will come to an end. READ MORE

4. 3. Distant Suffering : A multimodal analysis of the politics of pity in news agencies’ mediation of the chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Jack Thornberg; [2017]
   Keywords : distant suffering; mediation; global crisis; poststructuralism; discourse analysis; international relations; political science; communication; analytics of mediation;

   Abstract : This thesis explores of how American and British television mediated the crisis that started with the 4 April 2017 alleged chemical attack in Syria and culminated with the subsequent attack on Syria by the United States 7 April 2017. It builds upon a rich literature and focuses on the politics of pity in the mediated representation of distant suffering as set out by Luc Boltanski. READ MORE

5. 4. "My view of the world versus reality, they go far apart!" : Audience responses on Facebook towards the Nice attack in 2016

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Matilda Klint Olsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Frame theory; media witnessing; distant suffering; terrorism; Nice terror attack; Facebook; social media;

   Abstract : When a person drives a truck into the middle of a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, horrifying images, and witnessing stories is spread around the world. The Swedish nationwide evening tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet publishes the story during one week on their Facebook page, resulting in thousands of comments. READ MORE

6. 5. THE FIGHT AGAINST MARITIME PIRACY : Possibilities of application of private security organizations off the coast of Somalia under national and international regulation

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Yuriy Burkov; Fredrik Wärff; [2012]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Ever since the fall of the Somali government in 1991, the country has been in the state of civil war and in some regions total lawlessness. The creation of different, smaller, autonomous regions has led to fragmentation of the country as a whole and some districts seem to in fact claim sovereignty over their respective territories. READ MORE