Critical animal and media studies: Expanding the understanding of oppression in communication resear...

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Beteiligte: Almiron, Núria, Cole, Matthew, Freeman, Carrie P
In: European Journal of Communication, 33, 2018, 4, S. 367-380
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 367-380
ISSN: 0267-3231
1460-3705
DOI: 10.1177/0267323118763937
veröffentlicht in: European Journal of Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>Critical and communication studies have traditionally neglected the oppression conducted by humans towards other animals. However, our (mis)treatment of other animals is the result of public consent supported by a morally speciesist-anthropocentric system of values. Speciesism or anthroparchy, as much as any other mainstream ideologies, feeds the media and at the same time is perpetuated by them. The goal of this article is to remedy this neglect by introducing the subdiscipline of Critical Animal and Media Studies. Critical Animal and Media Studies takes inspiration both from critical animal studies – which is so far the most consolidated critical field of research in the social sciences addressing our exploitation of other animals – and from the normative-moral stance rooted in the cornerstones of traditional critical media studies. The authors argue that the Critical Animal and Media Studies approach is an unavoidable step forward for critical media and communication studies to engage with the expanded circle of concerns of contemporary ethical thinking.</jats:p>