Media narratives of kindness − a critique
| Autor: | Mohan J. Dutta, Phoebe Elers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cultural Studies
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak History Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Kindness media_common.quotation_subject Appeal Globe 050801 communication & media studies medicine.disease_cause COVID -19 and poverty 0508 media and communications COVID -19 communication 0502 economics and business narratives of kindness medicine Narrative media_common Coronavirus culture-centred approach Communication 05 social sciences Media studies Outbreak media communication and COVID -19 Extraordinary Issue: Pandemic Health and Affect medicine.anatomical_structure 050211 marketing |
| Zdroj: | Media International Australia |
| ISSN: | 2200-467X 1329-878X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1329878x20953278 |
| Popis: | Since the coronavirus outbreak, various media outlets across the globe have disseminated and promoted stories of kindness as registers for COVID-19 response. These narratives of kindness appeal to the human capacity to do good, inviting the public to ‘make a difference’ by performing altruistic acts of helping those who are less fortunate or in a time of need. However, there is a dark side to these narratives, one that does not serve those who are precarious, underprivileged or marginalised, by obfuscating and erasing necessary conversations on the transformative policies and infrastructure changes needed to address fundamental structural issues underlying the deep inequalities we inhabit in a COVID world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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