In Case of Emergency : How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality /

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"In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services...

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Autor principal: Ellcessor, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Society.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Emergency communication systems.
Discrimination.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Systemes de communication d'urgence.
Situations d'urgence > Aspect social.
Securite publique > Aspect moral.
Emergency management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Emergencies > Social aspects.
Public safety > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services and discriminatory assumptions about who or what is a threat and who deserves care and protection. Thus, a primary function of emergency media is to produce feelings of safety in some while designating others as targets of surveillance and control"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781479811656

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