Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9/11

2010-04-09 History

Author : R. Grusin
Release : 2010-04-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9/11 by : R. Grusin

Download or read book Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9/11 written by R. Grusin. This book was released on 2010-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of heightened securitization, print, televisual and networked media have become obsessed with the 'pre-mediation' of future events. In response to the shock of 9/11, socially networked US and global media worked to pre-mediate collective affects of anticipation and connectivity, while also perpetuating low levels of apprehension or fear.

Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11

2020-10-07 Political Science

Author : Vanessa Ossa
Release : 2020-10-07
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11 written by Vanessa Ossa. This book was released on 2020-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the perception of threat, with particular regard to the roles, functions, and agencies of various types of media. With a focus on the profound impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US-American political, social, and cultural order, the chapters reach from the early days after the attacks up to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. An international team of contributors analyze how the perceived threats and their subsequent representations changed during this period and what part different forms of media - media institutions, media technologies, and media formats - played within these transformations. Media theoretical perspectives are thus combined with historical approaches to examine the "re-ordering" of the nation, the state, and society proposed in an increasingly converging, multimodal, and networked media environment. This book’s focus on the interrelation between Media Studies, Cultural Studies, and American Studies makes it an indispensable landmark for fields such as Historical Research, Media Theory, Narratology, and Popular Culture Studies.

9/11: Culture, Catastrophe and the Critique of Singularity

2016-10-24 Literary Criticism

Author : Diana Gonçalves
Release : 2016-10-24
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 688/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book 9/11: Culture, Catastrophe and the Critique of Singularity written by Diana Gonçalves. This book was released on 2016-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though much has been said and written about 9/11, the work developed on this subject has mostly explored it as an unparalleled event, a turning point in history. This book wishes to look instead at how disruptive events promote a network of associations and how people resort to comparison as a means to make sense of the unknown, i.e. to comprehend what seems incomprehensible. In order to effectively discuss the complexity of 9/11, this book articulates different fields of knowledge and perspectives such as visual culture, media studies, performance studies, critical theory, memory studies and literary studies to shed some light on 9/11 and analyze how the event has impacted on American social and cultural fabric and how the American society has come to terms with such a devastating event. A more in-depth study of Don DeLillo’s Falling Man and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close draws attention to the cultural construction of catastrophe and the plethora of cultural products 9/11 has inspired. It demonstrates how the event has been integrated into American culture and exemplifies what makes up the 9/11 imaginary.

The Sleeper Agent in Post-9/11 Media

2023-01-01 Performing Arts

Author : Vanessa Ossa
Release : 2023-01-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book The Sleeper Agent in Post-9/11 Media written by Vanessa Ossa. This book was released on 2023-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the figure of the sleeper agent as part of post-9/11 political, journalistic and fictional discourse. There is a tendency to discuss the terroristic threat after 9/11 as either a faraway enemy to be hunted down by military force or, on the other hand, as a ubiquitous, intangible threat that required constant alertness at home. The missing link between these two is the sleeper agent – the foreign enemy hiding among US citizens. By analyzing popular television shows, several US comic books, and a broad variety of Hollywood films that depict sleeper agents direct or allegorically, this book explores how a shift in perspective—from terrorist to sleeper agent—brings new insights into our understanding of post-9/11 representations of terrorism. The book’s interdisciplinary focus between media studies, cultural studies, and American studies, suggests that it will find an audience in a variety of fields, including historical research, narratology, popular culture, as well as media and terrorism studies.

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