Shooting Hipsters
Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2018
Summary
A study of the ways protests, demonstrations, riots are covered in the media, and what this means for political movements.In an age of PR, public protest and other forms of dissent have lost their meaning and impact. The intense media interest in rioting and political violence, as well as an existing obsession with youth culture, have led to an over-saturation and misrepresentation of what these movements are about. Political protest has become a pantomime where activists are always villains,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910924167 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910924164 |
| Author: | Christiana Spens |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Christiana Spens
Christiana Spens was educated at the University of Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews in Philosophy and Politics. She is the author of The Wrecking Ball, The Socialite Manifesto and Death of a Ladies’ Man, and has written for Studio International, The Quietus, the Journal of Terrorism Research and others on art, literature and politics.
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