The Emotional politics of images: moral shock, explicit violence and strategic visual communication in the animal liberation movement

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• dc.contributor.author Fernández, Laura
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-10T10:04:58Z
• dc.date.available 2021-06-10T10:04:58Z
• dc.date.issued 2020
• dc.description.abstract Animal liberation activists regularly use visual communication to get their message across to the public. Explicit violent images are considered a potential tool to bridge the moral gap between activists and audiences. However, there is a strong debate regarding the effectiveness of different visuals. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion by examining to what extent these images may be effective means of raising awareness of speciesist beliefs and attitudes, as well as promoting changes in them. To this end, this paper reviews the most outstanding research on anti-speciesist visual communication strategies from an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on the concept of moral shock. According to the review, it seems reasonable to conclude that animal liberation activists can benefit from the strategic use of moral shock, but given the difficulty of drawing clear conclusions on the topic, more research on the issue is needed to obtain more accurate results.
• dc.description.sponsorship Research for this paper was conducted with the support of Generalitat de Catalunya (Department of Universities and Research) and the European Social Fund.
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
• dc.identifier.citation Fernández L. The Emotional politics of images: moral shock, explicit violence and strategic visual communication in the animal liberation movement. JCAS. 2020;17(4):53-80.
• dc.identifier.issn 1948-352X
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47843
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS)
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 2020;17(4):53-80
• dc.rights © Journal for Critical Animal Studies
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Advocacy
• dc.subject.keyword Animal liberation
• dc.subject.keyword Emotions
• dc.subject.keyword Moral shock
• dc.subject.keyword Speciesism
• dc.subject.keyword Strategic visual communication
• dc.title The Emotional politics of images: moral shock, explicit violence and strategic visual communication in the animal liberation movement
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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