Lilie Chouliaraki Books

Exploring the intricate connections between media and corporate identity, this volume delves into three key dimensions: the media as a business entity, the role of media within business operations, and the portrayal of business in media narratives. It offers fresh insights into how these relationships shape organizational reputation and influence public perception, highlighting the pivotal role of press and television in the corporate landscape.

Focusing on the political, cultural, and moral implications of distant news coverage of suffering, this work systematically explores a topic that has sparked significant debate. Drawing from semiotics, discourse analysis, and social theory, it presents a novel methodological approach by examining the codes and formats used in such news. The book offers fresh insights into pressing moral and media challenges, aiming to establish itself as a crucial resource on the ethical dimensions of media in contemporary society.

Lilie Chouliaraki explores the powerful impact of victimization claims, revealing how they often reinforce existing inequalities rather than address them. Through a critical lens, the book examines the dynamics of social narratives and their implications for understanding and responding to issues of injustice and inequality in contemporary society.

WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment.

Introduction: The Digital Border: The Techno-Symbolic Assemblages of Power -- The Outer Border: Assemblages of Humanitarian Securitization -- The Inner Border: Assemblages of Entrepreneurial Securitization -- The Inner Border as Networked Commons -- Narrative and Voice in News Stories -- Visibility and Responsibility in News Imagery -- Subaltern Voice and Digital Resistance -- Conclusion: The Crisis Imaginary: The Digital Border and Its Crises.

In this timely and incisive book, Lilie Chouliaraki shows why claims of victimization are so effective at reinforcing instead of alleviating inequality.