Digital media influencers' commodification of social movements and human suffering

dc.authorscopusid57226193569
dc.authorscopusid57226186516
dc.contributor.authorYildirim, E.N.K.
dc.contributor.authorÇarboğa, O.S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:18:06Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:18:06Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn today's digital world, ever-present screens and the amount of time we spend looking at them have drastically affected what we see in terms of both quantity and quality. Besides photos of cute babies and pets, the Internet allows us to access images of war, misery, and disasters at a rate we have never experienced before. The visual paradigm shift that has occurred in modern culture has also created a desire to "be seen. " Even though digital media seem to give individuals a chance to create their own content and be noticed, in practice, the result is a repetitive uniformity. A need to break free from this repetitive sameness has led content creators to commodify experiences that are inaccessible or rare. As a result, human suffering has become a sought-after background. This study is concerned with digital practices that aim to be relevant and important using a recent tragedy as a background. It focuses on the exploitation of Black Lives Matter protests and is exploratory in nature. It also aims to achieve a deeper understanding of social media issues, such as widespread dark tourism, the normalization of tragedies through digital-media content, compassion fatigue, emotional alienation, and a lack of empathy. © 2021 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage319en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781536196955
dc.identifier.isbn9781536196726
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85110889028en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage299en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6903
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNova Science Publishers, Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofParadigm Shifts within the Communication Worlden_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleDigital media influencers' commodification of social movements and human sufferingen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US

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