Ideological Battlegrounds (eBook)

Entertainment to Disarm Divisive Propaganda

Dana L. Solomon (Autor)

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2018
268 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6997-2 (ISBN)

Infos

With ideological divisions polarizing society, this book introduces Ideologically Challenging Entertainment (ICE), which uses multiple perspectives to help audiences connect with those holding different world views. A case study of a production using the ICE model shows audiences responding with greater tolerance and acceptance of others.

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Can entertainment challenge divisive ideologies? Can we use theater, film, games, novels, and stories disarm the ideologies of fear? Ideological Battlegrounds: Entertainment to Disarm Divisive Propaganda introduces and develops Ideologically Challenging Entertainment (ICE) to challenge ';us versus them' narratives. ICE counters polarizing perspectives by embracing multiple valid viewpoints without losing sight of facts. Additionally, this book explores the first ICE production, Two Merchants, The Merchant of Venice adapted to challenge ideologies related to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. A mixed-methods study of audience responses to this production showed that a significant number of audience members reconsidered their views, not only about the Arab-Israeli conflict but also about ideological divisions that were more personally relevant.Ideological Battlegrounds is unique, both in its conceptualization of entertainment as a means to address local and global conflicts and in its provision of evidence for the power of performance as a tool for confronting and influencing ideological change.This book offers a new approach to bridging dangerous ideological chasms that, without significant intervention, will only continue to worsen.

Autor

Dana L. Solomon holds a PhD in interdisciplinary studies from the University of British Columbia.

Inhalt

Part I: The ICE ParadigmChapter 1: Ideology and EntertainmentChapter 2: LanguageChapter 3: Ideology and ConflictChapter 4: The Moral ImaginationChapter 5: Narrative EntertainmentChapter 6: ComplexityChapter 7: EthicsChapter 8: Build RelationshipsChapter 9: Represents and Challenges Situations and IdentitiesChapter 10: IdentitiesChapter 11: Imagined IdentitiesChapter 12: Multiple PerspectivesPart II: Creating and Understanding Two MerchantsChapter 13: Creating Two MerchantsChapter 14: CharactersChapter 15: Two Merchants Design and Technical ElementsChapter 16: ResultsChapter 17: Understanding the ResultsChapter 18: ICE and the FutureEpilogue: Reflections of a Director/Researcher: Limits and Obstacles

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 21 Illustrations including: - 11 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 10 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Applied Theater • conflict • Conflict prevention • Genocide Prevention • hate • Ideologically Challenging Entertainment • Ideology • polarization • Prejudice • Theater for Social Change
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6997-8 / 1498569978
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6997-2 / 9781498569972