Imaginative geographies of distant suffering: two cases of the
Syrian Civil War on television

J 2018

Imaginative geographies of distant suffering: two cases of the Syrian Civil War on television

DOBOŠ, Pavel

Základní údaje

Originální název

Imaginative geographies of distant suffering: two cases of the Syrian Civil War on television

Autoři

DOBOŠ, Pavel

Vydání

Social & Cultural Geography, London, Taylor & Francis, 2018, 1464-9365

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50700 5.7 Social and economic geography

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Full Text

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.043

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Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101983

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Czech Television; distant suffering; imaginative geographies; mediation; Syrian Civil War; television news

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 20. 1. 2020 14:52, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The paper builds upon distant suffering studies and the ‘analytics of mediation’. It observes how television performances of suffering expose spectators to dispositions to feel, think and act towards each instance of suffering. It analyses the news coverage of civilians’ suffering in the Syrian Civil War that was presented by Czech public television broadcaster. The interpretation of imaginative geographies expands the analysis because of the need for more spatially sensitive approaches to distant suffering. Imaginative geographies coproduce diverse spacetimes and distant suffering studies often overlook how media performances are shaped according to spacetimes where suffering occurs. Two spacetimes are contrasted here; the Syrian Civil War before and after the Islamic State gained prominence in it. In both cases, the aim is to interpret in what ways the distance is translated into difference through imaginative geographies and how it shapes television performances of suffering. The analysis shows that Orientalist imaginative geographies appear in both cases. However, while in the first case imaginative geographies empower pity and dispositions to act towards suffering, in the second case they do not. It is because of the difference between Bashar al-Assad as a local Oriental persecutor and the Islamic State as the global threat.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1419/2016, interní kód MU

Název: Integrovaný výzkum environmentálních změn v krajinné sféře Země II

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Integrovaný výzkum environmentálních změn v krajinné sféře Země II, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

DOBOŠ, Pavel. Imaginative geographies of distant suffering: two cases of the Syrian Civil War on television. Social & Cultural Geography. London: Taylor & Francis, 2018, roč. 19, č. 6, s. 764-788. ISSN 1464-9365. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1312695.

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DOBOŠ, Pavel. Imaginative geographies of distant suffering: two cases of the Syrian Civil War on television. \textit{Social \&{} Cultural Geography}. London: Taylor \&{} Francis, 2018, roč.~19, č.~6, s.~764-788. ISSN~1464-9365. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1312695.

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