Intensive Media: Aversive Affect and Visual Culture

McCosker, A.

There is something unsettling, but also powerful, in the encounter with individual and collective experiences of human suffering. Intensive Media explores the discomfort and fascination initiated by instances of pain and suffering, their 'aversive affects', as they trouble but also vitalise contemporary media environments.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349445271

DOI: 10.1057/9781137273512

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 185