Tit-For-Tat Media

<p>This book examines the visual-sexual turn in social media discourses in the field of online activism with a particular focus on the extraordinary protest years of 2018–2020. </p><p>Presenting a socially engaged theory of tit-for-tat media and including case-studies on activist movements such as the Euro-American alt-right the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and revolutionary artists in China this study reveals how visual cultures including gendered or sexualized imagery are utilized to influence public perception. By presenting in-depth explorations of online ethnography interviews with activists and studies of the political histories and urban protests-environments the volume uncovers how local artists netizens and citizens are using media and digital imagery in contemporary activism. </p><p>Covering a broad spectrum of social media content from hyper-cute manga and cartoons to satirical pornography and sexualized hate-speech it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies political communication sexuality and gender studies.</p>