The spectatorship of suffering /

Chouliaraki, Lilie.

The spectatorship of suffering / Lilie Chouliaraki. - London : SAGE, 2006. - iv, 237 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliography (p.221-230) and index.

Drawing on media and social theory, political philosophy and discourse analysis, this title offers an original theoretical perspective on the role of media in global civil society, and looks at how we might begin to analyse the ways in which distant suffering is portrayed, reproduced and consumed.

0761970398 (hbk.) : £60.00 0761970401 (pbk.) : £19.99


Suffering.
Suffering in mass media.
Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.

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