Avian Flu and Embodied Global Imagery: A Study of Pandemic Geopolitics in the Media
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
/ Mika Aaltola
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متن يادداشت
7731-1474
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متن يادداشت
Avian influenza is caused by viruses adapted to birds. The causative agents can, in rare cases, spread to humans, although no human-to-human transmission has been demonstrated. However, the mere possibility of mutation into a human form allowed for media, states and international organizations to speculate about the meaning of the disease’s movement across species and localities. The hypothetical scenarios focused on national preparedness and resilience. Such imageries of elastic and shock absorbing communities offer insights into how diseases are used to contain and border in an age of vanishing boundaries and interconnected global reaches. This study tracks the historical trajectory of public cognitions regarding avian flu as it turned from an ordinary livestock disease into a hyperbolic mutable ‘killer disease’. Excerpts from articles carried in The New York Times and Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish mainstream daily, are used to map how the disease turned into a register of the hostilities inherent in the world. In the American public cognition, the tangible disease threat was triggered when the dangers of mutation were associated with China. For the small peripheral Finland, the pandemic scare instigated public imaginaries of a resilient and efficient Nordic society.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
, (October 2012)
توصيف ظاهري
: 667-680
عنوان
Globalizations
شماره جلد
, 9/5
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
avian influenza
موضوع مستند نشده
global health security
موضوع مستند نشده
geopolitical imageries
موضوع مستند نشده
media discourse
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