Global humanitarianism and media culture
Manchester:
Manchester University Press
(2019), x, 288 pp., illustrations, figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-1-5261-1730-4 (pdf); 978-1-5261-1729-8 (hbk)
CC BY-NC-ND
"The chapters in this collection offer original interrogations of the representation of humanitarian crisis and catastrophe, and the refraction of humanitarian intervention and action, from the mid-twentieth century to the present, across a diverse range of media forms: traditional and contemporary screen media (film, television and online video) as well as newspapers, memoirs, music festivals and social media platforms (such as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr). Addressing humanitarian media culture as it evolved over a period of more than seventy years, the chapters offer a critical assessment of the historical precedents of our contemporary humanitarian communications. The contributors to the book are all specialists in the fields of media and communications, film studies, cultural studies, history or sociology: these different disciplinary perspectives inform their approaches to and understanding of the relationship between humanitarianism and media culture. Our authors reveal and explore the signific nt synergies between the humanitarian enterprise, the endeavour to alleviate the suffering of particular groups, and media representations, and their modes of addressing and appealing to specific publics." (Introduction, p.2)
Contents
Introduction: Global humanitarianism and media culture / Michael Lawrence and Rachel Tavernor, 1
PART I: HISTORIES OF HUMANITY
1 'United Nations children' in Hollywood cinema: Juvenile actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence, 15
2 Classical antiquity as humanitarian narrative: The Marshall Plan films about Greece / Katerina Loukopoulou, 39
3 'The mot potent public relations tool ever devised'? The United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska, 59
PART II: NARRATIVES OF HUMANITARIANISM
4 The naive republic of aid: Grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman, 83
5 'Telegenically dead Palestinians': Cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts / Shohini Chaudhuri, 108
6 The Unknown Famine: Television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones, 122
PART III: REPORTING REFUGE AND RISK
7 European borderscapes: The management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò, 145
8 The role of aid agencies in the media portrayal of children in Za'atari refugee camp / Toby Fricker, 167
9 Selling the lottery to earn salvation: Journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade, 187
PART IV: CAPITALISM, CONSUMPTION AND CHARITY
10 Consumption, global humanitarianism and childhood / Laura Suski, 207
11 Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook: From starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor, 224
12 The corporate karma carnival: Offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig, 246
PART I: HISTORIES OF HUMANITY
1 'United Nations children' in Hollywood cinema: Juvenile actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence, 15
2 Classical antiquity as humanitarian narrative: The Marshall Plan films about Greece / Katerina Loukopoulou, 39
3 'The mot potent public relations tool ever devised'? The United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska, 59
PART II: NARRATIVES OF HUMANITARIANISM
4 The naive republic of aid: Grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman, 83
5 'Telegenically dead Palestinians': Cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts / Shohini Chaudhuri, 108
6 The Unknown Famine: Television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones, 122
PART III: REPORTING REFUGE AND RISK
7 European borderscapes: The management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò, 145
8 The role of aid agencies in the media portrayal of children in Za'atari refugee camp / Toby Fricker, 167
9 Selling the lottery to earn salvation: Journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade, 187
PART IV: CAPITALISM, CONSUMPTION AND CHARITY
10 Consumption, global humanitarianism and childhood / Laura Suski, 207
11 Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook: From starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor, 224
12 The corporate karma carnival: Offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig, 246
