In Killer Apps Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves provide a detailed account of the rise of
automation in warfare, showing how media systems are central to building weapons …

For people subject to drone war in Gaza, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere, the violence and
trauma inflicted by remotely piloted aerial systems such as the MQ-9 Reaper takes place at a …

Militarized perception is always leaking into public culture, from the aerial prospect of
balloon flight to the soldier's helmet camera. Increasingly, the mode of militarized perception …

The fifth edition of this popular textbook considers diversity in the mass media in three main
settings: Audiences, Content, and Production. The book brings together 55 readings–the …

Visual politics is a fast-growing field and much of it is focused on images that inspire
criticism. This tendency results in a lack of attention to oppressive visual practices. A political …

This article explores the fabrication of 'sensate regimes of war', concentrating on the typically
under-analysed sense of smell. Smell is a sensory mode capable of apprehending potential …

Witnessing is crucial to public engagement with war, but the remote violence of drones
presents distinct challenges: its victims are largely invisible to Western publics; operations …

On May 8, 2015, an x-ray image taken at the border of Ceuta revealed a living boy from the
Ivory Coast hidden in a suitcase hauled by a Moroccan woman. The child's father lived on …

In Nonhuman Witnessing Michael Richardson argues that a radical rethinking of what
counts as witnessing is central to building frameworks for justice in an era of endless war …

The changing character of armed conflict, combined with the transformation of the global
media landscape, has fundamentally altered the experience of war for Western audiences …