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1 online resource |
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Routledge studies in affective societies |
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Routledge studies in affective societies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Image testimonies: witnessing in times of social media; The currency of image testimonies; Towards a concept of image testimony; Image testimony in the social media era; Pluralities of witnessing and evolving genres; Affective dimensions of image testimony; Temporalities of witnessing; Analyzing image testimonies-structure of the volume; Part I-epistemologies of testimonies; In conversation; Part II-affective witnessing; Part III-social media practices |
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Part IV-witnessing destructionNotes; References; PART I Epistemologies of testimonies; 2 Credibility in crisis: contradictions of web video witnessing; Unreliability of the witness; The politics of witnessing; The resurrected "videolow"; Crisis readiness and the dilemma of strategic witnessing; New mediators and the datalow; Notes; References; 3 Affective images and the political trial; Giving testimony in court: affective performance in the time machine; Images and their performative power as evidence; The objectivity and affectivity of images; The political trial |
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Affective images and the political trialAcknowledgement; Notes; References; In conversation; 4 Fearless filming: video footage from Syria since 2011; PART II Affective witnessing; 5 "Moroccan Lives Matter": practices and politics of affecting; Connecting with others through images; "Sousveilling" police violence; A case of "hogra"; Unfolding witnessing; Amateur aesthetics; Affective media witnessing; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 6 Drone's-eye view: affective witnessing and technicities of perception; Drone apparatus; The drone as affective witness; Witnessing the predator empire |
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Flesh-witnessing and the gesture of discomposureWorld-witnessing and vital signs; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART IV Witnessing destruction; 10 "Living martyrs": testifying what is to come; The genre of suicide bombers' videos: a historical perspective; Suicide bombers' videos as anticipatory testimonies; Postproduction as a form of co-witnessing; Deconstructing truth-claims; Notes; References; 11 Testimonies for a new social order: the Islamic State's iconic iconoclasm; Introduction; The Islamic State; Systematic and historical remarks on iconoclasm |
| Summary |
Recent political conflicts signal an increased proliferation of image testimonies shared widely via social media. Although witnessing with and through images is not a phenomenon of the internet era, contemporary digital image practices and politics have significantly intensified the affective economies of image testimonies. This volume traces the contours of these conditions and develops a conception of image testimony along four areas of focus. The first and second section of this volume reflects the discussion of image testimonies as an interplay of evidential qualities and their potential to express affective relationalities and emotional involvement. The third section focuses on the question of how social media technologies shape and subsequently are shaped by image testimonies. To further complicate the ethical position of the witness, the final section looks at image testimony at the intersection of creation and destruction, taking into account the perspectives of different actors and their opposed moral positions. With an emphasis on the affectivity of these images, Image Testimonies provides new and so far overlooked insights in the field. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Sociology and Social Policy, Media and Communications, Visual Arts and Culture and Middle East Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 20, 2018) |
| Subject |
Social media -- Political aspects
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Evidence (Law) -- Technological innovations
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Social media -- Moral and ethical aspects
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Social media -- Political aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schankweiler, Kerstin, editor.
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Straub, Verena, editor.
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Wendl, Tobias, 1957- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429434853 |
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0429434855 |
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9780429786235 |
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0429786239 |
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9780429786242 |
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0429786247 |
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9780429786228 |
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0429786220 |
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