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Why is Colombia so violent? Beyond even the horrors of the conflict between the guerrilla, the paramilitary, and the government, the history of the nation is scarred by acts of violence. It has also been marked by resistance to that history--by moments of hope.The Persistence of Violence transcends the obvious places as sources and indices of this story, delving into the complex and conflicted world of popular culture, from football to television to tourism to the environment.
This book offers a diachronical and inter-/transmedia approach to the relationship of media and fear in a variety of geographical and cultural settings. This allows for an in-depth understanding of the media’s role in pandemics, wars and other crises, as well as in political intimidation. The book assembles chapters from a variety of authors, focusing on the relation between media and fear in the West, the Middle East, the Arab World and China. Besides its geographical and cultural diversity, the volume also takes a long-term perspective, bringing together cases from transforming media environments which span over a century. The book establishes a strong and historically persistent nexus between media and fear, which finds ever-new forms with new media but always follows similar logics.
La influencia del pasado sobre el presente y la necesidad de revisarlo y actualizarlo son preocupaciones que trascienden el ámbito profesional de los historiadores. La Restauración, la Guerra Civil, el franquismo, la Transición, etc. la revisión de periodos tan complejos siempre conlleva el riesgo de olvidar una parte del relato. Apostar por reflexiones maduras, plurales y desde diferentes perspectivas se presenta como una necesidad a la hora de comprender lo sucedido en una o varias etapas concretas. Comunicación e historia olvidada: una mirada transversal desde la contemporaneidad es el título de esta monografía en la que, a lo largo de sus páginas, se encuentran planteamientos fir...
Using discourses from across the conceptual and geographical board, Toby Miller argues for a different way of understanding violence, one that goes beyond supposedly universal human traits to focus instead on the specificities of history, place, and population as explanations for it. Violence engages these issues in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary form, examining definitions and data, psychology and ideology, gender, nation-states, and the media by covering several foundational questions: how has violence been defined, historically and geographically? has it decreased or increased over time? which regions of the world are the most violent? does violence correlate with economies, political systems, and religions? what is the relationship of gender and violence? what role do the media play? This book is a powerful introduction to the study of violence, ideal for students and researchers across the human sciences, most notably sociology, American and area studies, history, media and communication studies, politics, literature, and cultural studies.
Climate change is an issue that has been generating a significant amount of discussion, research, and debate in recent years. Climate change continues to evolve at a rapid rate and continues to have a wide array of effects on everything from temperature to plant life. Beyond the negative environmental impacts, climate change is also proving to be a detriment to society with increasingly violent natural disasters and human health effects. It is essential to stay up to date on the latest in emerging research within this field as it continues to develop. The Research Anthology on Environmental and Societal Impacts of Climate Change discusses the varied effects of climate change throughout all a...
The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism brings together scholars committed to the conceptual and methodological development of news and journalism studies from around the world. Across 50 chapters, organized thematically over seven sections, contributions examine a range of pressing challenges for news reporting – including digital convergence, mobile platforms, web analytics and datafication, social media polarization, and the use of drones. Journalism’s mediation of social issues is also explored, such as those pertaining to human rights, civic engagement, gender inequalities, the environmental crisis, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Each section raises important questions ...
La investigación se ha concebido, tradicionalmente, como una diversidad de espacios estancos con los que no se establecía conexión. Ha sido objetivo de este volumen buscar entre distintas disciplinas nexos de unión temática, mirando con una vocación transversal la ética, la comunicación y los estudios de género. En este ambicioso volumen, incluimos un conjunto de aportaciones académicas, de personas o equipos investigadores, pero también profesionales con una larga trayectoria y reconocimiento en la comunidad académica. Sin embargo, también hemos incluido aportaciones de quienes empiezan, con el propósito de incentivar su carrera académica.Con esta perspectiva, cuatro concepto...
In occasione del decimo anniversario di vita di «Historia Magistra. Rivista di storia critica», abbiamo deciso di riflettere sul nostro percorso, attraverso un volume collettivo che per un verso racconta la vicenda della Rivista, e per un altro fa il punto sullo stato della ricerca storica, e in particolare sul rapporto tra la storia e le altre discipline. Soprattutto il libro vuol essere un mattone nella barricata in difesa della storia, un "bene comune" fondamentale, contro i tentativi ricorrenti di delegittimarla e svilirla.