Tit-For-Tat Media: The Contentious Bodies and Sex Imagery of Political Activism Jacobs Katrien
Tit-For-Tat Media: The Contentious Bodies and Sex Imagery of Political Activism Jacobs Katrien This book examines the visual-sexual turn in social media discourses in the field of online activism…
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Tit-For-Tat Media: The Contentious Bodies and Sex Imagery of Political Activism Jacobs Katrien
This book examines the visual-sexual turn in social media discourses in the field of online activism with a particular focus on the extraordinary protest years of 2018-2020.Presenting a socially engaged theory of tit-for-tat media and including case-studies on activist movements such as the Euro-American alt-right, the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, and revolutionary artists in China, this study reveals how visual cultures, including gendered or sexualized imagery, are utilized to influence public perception. By presenting in-depth explorations of online ethnography, interviews with activists and studies of the political histories and urban protests-environments, the volume uncovers how local artists, netizens and citizens are using media and digital imagery in contemporary activism.Covering a broad spectrum of social media content, from hyper-cute manga and