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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellcessor, Elizabeth, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination.

Emergencies--Social aspects.

Emergencies.

Emergency communication systems.

Emergency management--Moral and ethical aspects.

Emergency management.

Public safety--Moral and ethical aspects.

Public safety.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 11 b/w illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Mediating Emergency, Maintaining Normalcy

Alarm! The Intensified Affect of Emergency

Maps and the Affective Surveillance of "Safety"

Alert: Interruptions, Instructions, and Authority

What Is Your Emergency? Reports and Responses

Help! Social Media Testimony and Emergency Bids

Conclusion: From Emergency to Engagement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)

ISBN:

9781479811656

1479811653

OCLC:

1298391308