Kommunikation
Refine
Year of publication
Document Type
- Journal Article (59)
- Online Publication (8)
- Part of a Book (5)
- Book (1)
Has Fulltext
- yes (73) (remove)
Is part of the Bibliography
- no (73) (remove)
Keywords
- Begriffe (1)
- Deutschland (1)
- Forschungsfelder (1)
- Geschichte 1880-1914 (1)
- Großbritannien (1)
- Grundlagen (1)
- Journalismus (1)
- Politik (1)
- Schnittmengen (1)
- Skandal (1)
Modeled after the Soviet propaganda magazine SSSR na stroike (›USSR in Construction‹, published 1930–1941, 1949), the Japanese overseas propaganda photo magazine FRONT (1942–1945) provided visual propaganda for the so-called ›Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere‹, a concept that was proclaimed in 1940 and served to disguise Japan’s quest for hegemony in Asia. Employing the aesthetics of Russian Constructivism and Socialist Realism of SSSR na stroike, FRONT created a visual aesthetic that could be termed Japanese Co-Prosperity Realism. Its dynamic and modernistic design was a transculturally inspired practice by Japanese photographers, graphic designers, journalists and producers of visual media, some of whom had been left-wing intellectuals or had lived and worked in the Soviet Union. In a comparative perspective, this paper carves out the political, cultural and gendered semantics of the (in)visibility of power, political religion and ethnic diversity that such aesthetics entailed. It explores some of the shifting backgrounds against which photographic techniques were enacted, from their avant-garde beginnings to their application in authoritarian regimes.
Access Activism. The Politicization of Wheelchairs and Wheelchair Users in the Twentieth Century
(2022)
For millions of disabled people around the world the wheelchair has been one of the most important technological innovations of the twentieth century. From its inception as a relatively cumbersome, heavy machine, designed principally for indoor use, the wheelchair has evolved into a sophisticated and highly technical mode of transport. Wheelchairs are, at least in the Global North, relatively widely used and universally recognizable – so recognizable that they have become the cultural symbol to represent all disabled people. Wheelchairs are often viewed with trepidation: as machines that disable, confine, and deprive their occupant of independence – as medical devices that doctors prescribe only to the sick, the wounded or the elderly. Such definitions and perceptions infiltrate the public lives of wheelchair users, cause considerable macro and micro political difficulties, and consequently disable users in a myriad of different ways.
Der Krieg in der Ukraine ist nicht der erste in den Sozialen Medien. Doch kein anderer ging bisher so viral: 62 Milliarden Aufrufe für den Hashtag #ukraine auf der Social Media Plattform TikTok allein deuten die Dimension der Reichweite an, die schon zu der Bezeichnung „TikTok Krieg“ führte. Die verschiedenen Akteur:innen stehen sich nicht nur physisch-militärisch gegenüber, sondern ringen in einem steten Kampf um Likes in den Sozialen Netzwerken, um die Aufmerksamkeit eines weltweit wachsenden Publikums und die Hoheit der Narrative. Inzwischen ist die Rede von einem „LikeWar“, in dem es allerdings nicht um Likes, sondern über Leben und Tod geht. Dieser Bereich der Cognitive Warfare, bei der das Denken und Handeln von Individuen und Kollektiven das Schlachtfeld bildet, zieht sich durch alle Bereiche des Krieges in der Ukraine und darüber hinaus. Dabei zeigt sich der weltanschauliche Gegensatz zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie auch im Umgang mit und Einsatz von Sozialen Medien.