Intensive Media: Aversive Affect and Visual Culture - Softcover

McCosker, A.

 
9781349445271: Intensive Media: Aversive Affect and Visual Culture

Synopsis

There is something unsettling, but also powerful, in the encounter with individual and collective experiences of human suffering. Intensive Media explores the discomfort and fascination initiated by instances of pain and suffering, their 'aversive affects', as they trouble but also vitalise contemporary media environments.

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About the Author

Anthony McCosker lectures in Media and Communications in the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences at Swinburne University, Australia. His research explores media affect, digital and visual cultures and social media practices and publics.

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