Introduction : a media theory of the border tunnel -- TV news and spectacle -- Reality TV and performativity -- Digital animation and plasticity -- First-person shooters and racialization -- Speculative design and sustainability -- Conclusion : media theory from the border tunnel.
Summary:
"Analyzing the technologies, institutional politics, narrative tropes, and aesthetic decisions that go into showing border tunnels across multiple forms of media, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez argues that we cannot properly address border issues without attending to-and fully understanding-the fraught relationship between their representation and reality"-- Provided by publisher.
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