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Critical Animal Media Studies: Challenging the hegemonic representations of oppressed groups through communication research

R. Carreras, María LU and Fernández, Laura (2023)
Abstract
In this chapter, we first review key concepts of the critical animal studies field such as oppression, intersectionality, and total liberation. From these ideas we consider the role of media in perpetuating the oppression of minoritized groups, particularly through cultural violence (Galtung, 1990), which legitimizes other forms of violence and injustice. We argue that communication research can contribute to challenging biased hegemonic representations and show how diverse methodologies and perspectives have been used empirically for the case of nonhuman animals. We briefly explore the potential of the ethics of representation, frame analysis, critical discourse analysis, (audio)visual analysis and the political economy of communication.
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critical animal studies, human animal studies, Media representations
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CAS anthology Ten years of Critical Animal Studies at Lund University [Preliminary name]
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Lund University Library
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English
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61998235-19f0-4a90-a993-cc44e732301a
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  abstract     = {{In this chapter, we first review key concepts of the critical animal studies field such as oppression, intersectionality, and total liberation. From these ideas we consider the role of media in perpetuating the oppression of minoritized groups, particularly through cultural violence (Galtung, 1990), which legitimizes other forms of violence and injustice. We argue that communication research can contribute to challenging biased hegemonic representations and show how diverse methodologies and perspectives have been used empirically for the case of nonhuman animals. We briefly explore the potential of the ethics of representation, frame analysis, critical discourse analysis, (audio)visual analysis and the political economy of communication.}},
  author       = {{R. Carreras, María and Fernández, Laura}},
  booktitle    = {{CAS anthology   Ten years of Critical Animal Studies at Lund University [Preliminary name]}},
  keywords     = {{critical animal studies; human animal studies; Media representations}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University Library}},
  title        = {{Critical Animal Media Studies: Challenging the hegemonic representations of oppressed groups through communication research}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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