The poverty of television: the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines
London:
Anthem Press
(2015), 226 pp., bibliogr., index
ISBN 978-1-78308-408-1 (ebook); 978-1-78308-406-7 (print)
"Based on an ethnographic study of television and audiences in class-divided Philippines, this is the first book to take a bottom-up approach in considering how people respond to images and narratives of suffering and poverty on television." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction: The Poverty of Television, 1
1 The Moral Turn: From First Principles to Lay Moralities, 15
2 Theorizing Mediated Suffering: Ethics of Media Texts, Audiences and Ecologies, 39
3 Audience Ethics: Mediating Suffering in Everyday Life, 61
4 Entertainment: Playing with Pity, 89
5 News: Recognizing Calls to Action, 119
Conclusions: Mediating Suffering, Dividing Class, 153
1 The Moral Turn: From First Principles to Lay Moralities, 15
2 Theorizing Mediated Suffering: Ethics of Media Texts, Audiences and Ecologies, 39
3 Audience Ethics: Mediating Suffering in Everyday Life, 61
4 Entertainment: Playing with Pity, 89
5 News: Recognizing Calls to Action, 119
Conclusions: Mediating Suffering, Dividing Class, 153
