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Embodying contagion: the Viropolitics of horror and desire in contemporary di…
From Outbreak to The Walking Dead, apocalyptic narratives of infection, contagion and global pandemic are an inescapable part of twenty-first-century popular culture. Yet these fears and fantasies are too virulent to be simply quarantined within fictional texts. The vocabulary and metaphors of outbreak narratives have permeated how news media, policymakers and the general public view the real w…
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- 9781786836915
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- xviii, 303p.
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- Horror Studies
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- 809.933561 EMB e
Violence and trolling on social media : history, affect, and effects of onlin…
'Trolls for Trump', virtual rape, fake news - social media discourse, including forms of virtual and real violence, has become a formidable, yet elusive, political force. What characterizes online vitriol? How do we understand the narratives generated, and also address their real-world - even life-and-death - impact? How can hatred, bullying, and dehumanization on social media platforms be addr…
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- 9789048542048
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- 266 p,
- Series Title
- MediaMatters
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- 006.754 VIO v
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