The politicization of images: from the mechanical era to the digital communication networks

Authors

  • Tarcisio Torres Silva Pontifícia Universidade Católica – Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2014.1.15252

Keywords:

Politics of image, Photography, Digital communication networks

Abstract

The political potential of images produced by activists in recent social protests that emerge all over the planet can be better comprehended if a pre-existent field of knowledge calls our attention. In this sense, our intention is to show to what extent contemporary images dialogue with visual political strategies previously verified and what original aspects they bring to the current debate about digital images and their political environment. Broadly speaking, it can be noticed that such images impose themselves by urgency, emotional appeal emphasizing the body and the extension of meaning acquired in digital communication networks, showing lines of continuality and disruption with the political-imagetic tradition surrounding them.

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Author Biography

Tarcisio Torres Silva, Pontifícia Universidade Católica – Campinas

Bacharel em Comunicação Social (ESPM) e em Ciências Sociais (USP). É mestre em Artes e doutor em Artes Visuais (UNICAMP). Fez estágio de doutorado no Goldsmiths College, Universidade de Londres, no programa de Estudos Culturais. É professor do Centro de Lingugem e Comunicação da PUC-Campinas.

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Published

2014-06-02

How to Cite

Silva, T. T. (2014). The politicization of images: from the mechanical era to the digital communication networks. Revista FAMECOS, 21(1), 56–79. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2014.1.15252

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Cyberculture

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