The politics of pity: suffering as spectacle (guest blog)

Abril, Andrea (2008) The politics of pity: suffering as spectacle (guest blog) [Online resource]

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We live in a world where we can watch disasters and suffering unfold around the world. New technologies mean that every war, every famine, every hurricane can be covered live and direct. But do we actually notice what is happening to those involved? Polis Summer School student Andrea Abril has been thinking through the moral dilemmas. This is her report:

Item Type	Online resource
Copyright holders	© 2008 The Author(s)
Departments	Media and Communications
Date Deposited	23 May 2017 07:29
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/78264