Media and the Politics of Offence

Anne Graefer

ISBN 10: 3030175731 / ISBN 13: 9783030175733

Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, CH, 2019

About this Item

This book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements across the globe. In this political landscape, the so-called 'right to offend' is often seen as a legitimate weapon against a 'political correctness gone mad' that stifles 'free speech'. Against the backdrop of these current developments, this book aims to generate a productive dialogue among scholars working in a variety of intellectual disciplines, geographical locations and methodological traditions. The contributors share a concern about the complex and ambiguous nature of offence as well as about the different ways in which this so-called 'negative affect' comes to matter in our everyday and socio-political lives. Through a series of instructive case studies of recent media provocations, the authors illustrate how being offended is more than an individual feeling and is, instead, closely tied to political structures and power relations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media and the Politics of Offence
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, CH
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030175731
• ISBN 13: 9783030175733
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2019 ed.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Provides a nuanced understanding of mediated offence and challenging mainstream discussions through which offensive media content is often framed and understood by educators and media experts.

Sheds light on an underexplored field with diverse theoretical and empirical analyses.

Goes far beyond a westernised approach by providing cross-cultural insights to the study of media and offence from international scholars

About the Author

Anne Graefer is Lecturer in Media Theory at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, UK. She is co-author, with Ranjana Das, of Provocative Screens: Offended Audiences in Britain and Germany (2017).