Title: The poverty of television : the mediation of suffering in class-divided Philippines /
Authors: Ong, Jonathan Corpus
Year: 2015
Subjects: Television viewers Philippines Attitudes.; Television programs Social aspects Philippines.; Suffering on television.; Television Philippines Psychological aspects.; Suffering on television; Television programs Social aspects; Television Psychological aspects; Television viewers Attitudes; Philippines; Filippijnen.
Contents: Introduction: the poverty of television -- The moral turn: from first principles to lay moralities -- Theorising mediated suffering: ethics of media texts, audiences and ecologies -- Audience ethics: mediating suffering in everyday life -- Entertainment: playing with pity -- News: recognising calls to action -- Conclusions: mediating suffering, dividing class -- Appendix: the poverty of television.