Kursinformation

This course addresses processes pf mediatization of post-Cold War Military Interventions especially focusing on the usage and meaning of atrocity images in media for the understanding of the conflict. It addresses some of the major themes in media studies about mediatization of conflict and prevalence of images in current media ecology, namely the role of images in understanding atrocities, mediating emotional and moral responses, and leading to political actions. Taking the global studies approach, the course thematizes the meaning of war images created through and interpreted by actors on different scales: from global media networks like CNN and AlJazeera, to regional and local media as they are articulating grievances, resentment and formulate counternarratives or form alliances. At the same time, it addresses the media structures, and differences in mediatization resulting from the change of technology, from the period of Big media and globalized news networks in 90s, to prevalence of social media and participatory culture during and after the Arab spring.