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In Case of Emergency

- How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality

About In Case of Emergency

"In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services and discriminatory assumptions about who or what is a threat and who deserves care and protection. Thus, a primary function of emergency media is to produce feelings of safety in some while designating others as targets of surveillance and control"--

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781479811632
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 277
  • Published:
  • April 18, 2022
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x151x18 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 332 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 10, 2025

Description of In Case of Emergency

"In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services and discriminatory assumptions about who or what is a threat and who deserves care and protection. Thus, a primary function of emergency media is to produce feelings of safety in some while designating others as targets of surveillance and control"--

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