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Shooting a Revolution: Visual Media and Warfare in Syria (Digital Barricades)

Shooting a Revolution: Visual Media and Warfare in Syria (Digital Barricades)

by Donatella Della Ratta (Author)

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    Hardcover 2018

    $128.46
Synopsis

From ISIS propaganda videos to popular regime-backed TV series and digital activism, the Syrian conflict has been dramatically affected by the production of media, at the same time generating in its turn an impressive visual culture. Yet what are the aesthetic, political and material implications of the collusion between the production of this sheer amount of visual media being continuously shared and re-manipulated on the Internet, and the performance of the conflict on the ground?

This ethnography uses the Syrian case to reflect more broadly on how the networked age reshapes contemporary warfare and impacts on the enactment of violence through images and on images. In stark contrast to the techno-utopias celebrating digital democracy and participatory cultures, Donatella Della Ratta's analysis exposes the dark side of online practices, where visual regimes of representation and media production dramatically intertwine with modes of destruction and the performance of violence.

Exploring the most socially-mediated conflict of contemporary times, the book offers a fascinating insight into the transformation of warfare and life in the age of the internet.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 274
 Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 20 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 0745337155
ISBN 13: 9780745337159

Media Reviews
'This gripping work maps the media transformations in Syria - from the high hopes during the 2011 protests to the depression and despair of a never-ending war... what hits us most is Della Ratta's deep insider knowledge to blend personal insights with urgent critical theory. Tactical media theory at its best' -- Geert Lovink, founding director of the Institute of Network Culture, author of Networks Without a Cause
'In this innovative and original book, Donatella Della Ratta critically engages with the visualization of violence and the violence inherent to visuality, in the Syrian conflict. Essential reading for scholars of media, visual cultures, film, politics, political economy and sociology and those interested in understanding war in the digital age' -- Dina Matar, Head, Centre for Global Media and Communication, SOAS
Author Bio
Donatella Della Ratta is a writer specialising in media and visual cultures in Syria. She is the author of author of Shooting a Revolution (Pluto, 2018) and co-editor of Arab Media Moguls (IB Tauris, 2015). She has curated international exhibitions on art and cinema in Syria.