Lecture 6: Representations of the Other
HERE are the lecture slides available for download. Filename is Reps of the Other 08.
Some questions for discussion:
1) Where do you see Othering today?
2) How do you think should suffering others be represented in the news? Should journalists maintain the objectivity norm, or is it acceptable for them to display emotion, just as Anderson Cooper's ecstatic news reporting of Hurricane Katrina?
3) Do you believe in the compassion fatigue thesis? Or is it really media fatigue?
4) According to Silverstone, what is proper distance? And why should we represent the Other as "both close and far"?
Some questions for discussion:
1) Where do you see Othering today?
2) How do you think should suffering others be represented in the news? Should journalists maintain the objectivity norm, or is it acceptable for them to display emotion, just as Anderson Cooper's ecstatic news reporting of Hurricane Katrina?
3) Do you believe in the compassion fatigue thesis? Or is it really media fatigue?
4) According to Silverstone, what is proper distance? And why should we represent the Other as "both close and far"?
posted by Jonathan C. Ong @ 3:26 AM
2 Comments:
At August 20, 2008 at 2:03 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Hi Sir,
I just want to clarify what is ecstatic news and its difference from the two other types of news (adventure and emergency). Thank you :)
At August 20, 2008 at 7:23 AM ,
Jonathan C. Ong said...
Very good question. Any attempts from other students?
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