Description
Book SynopsisWhat has been the impact of visual media on the Syrian conflict?
Trade Review'This gripping work maps the media transformations in Syria - from the high hopes during the 2011 protests to the depression and despair of a never-ending war... what hits us most is Della Ratta's deep insider knowledge to blend personal insights with urgent critical theory. Tactical media theory at its best' -- Geert Lovink, founding director of the Institute of Network Culture, author of Networks Without a Cause
'In this innovative and original book, Donatella Della Ratta critically engages with the visualization of violence and the violence inherent to visuality, in the Syrian conflict. Essential reading for scholars of media, visual cultures, film, politics, political economy and sociology and those interested in understanding war in the digital age' -- Dina Matar, Head, Centre for Global Media and Communication, SOAS
'An original reflection on the relationship between images and violence in Syria which reveals, the paradox of our hyperconnected societies well beyond Syria itself' -- Internazionale
'An intellectual adventure that unfolds in a sequence shot between the Syrian war, the media social and not, the protagonists and the extras' -- Alfabeta2
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note on Transliteration
Glossary
Introduction
1. Making Media, Making the Nation: Syria's Tanwir in Neoliberal Times
2. The Whisper Strategy
3. The Death of Tanwir in Real-Time Drama
4. The People's 'Raised Hands'
5. Fear and Loathing on the Internet: The Paradoxes of Arab Networked Activism
6. Screen Fighters: Filming and Killing in Contemporary Syria
7. Syria's Image-Makers: Daesh Militants and Non-Violent Activists
8. Notes on a Theory of Violence and the Visual in the Networked Age
Notes
Bibliography
Index
