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The poverty of television : the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines / Jonathan Corpus Ong.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.3.P5 O54 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ong, Jonathan Corpus, author.
- Series:
- Anthem global media and communication studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television viewers--Philippines--Attitudes.
- Television viewers.
- Television programs--Social aspects--Philippines.
- Television programs.
- Suffering on television.
- Television--Philippines--Psychological aspects.
- Television.
- Television programs--Social aspects.
- Television--Psychological aspects.
- Television viewers--Attitudes.
- Psychological aspects.
- Philippines.
- Physical Description:
- x, 215 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the poverty of television
- The moral turn: from first principles to lay moralities
- Theorising mediated suffering: ethics of media texts, audiences and ecologies
- Audience ethics: mediating suffering in everyday life
- Entertainment: playing with pity
- News: recognising calls to action
- Conclusions: mediating suffering, dividing class.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783084067
- 1783084065
- 9781783084074
- 1783084073
- 9781783084081
- 1783084081
- 9781783084449
- 1783084448
- OCLC:
- 902660216
- Publisher Number:
- 40025242118
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