Recognition and the Media

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Axel Honneth’s Theory of Recognition as a Research Program....Pages 12-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Mass Media Representation, Identity-Building and Social Conflicts: Towards a Recognition-Theoretical Approach....Pages 27-46
The Morality of Recognition: Adolescent Slum-Dwellers Discuss a TV Series Representation of Their Lives....Pages 47-72
Recognition and Ideology: Assessing Justice and Injustice in the Case of Child Domestic Labor....Pages 73-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Struggles for Recognition in the Digital Era....Pages 103-122
Recognition, Feelings of Injustice and Claim Justification: Deaf People’s Storytelling on the Internet....Pages 123-147
Recognition as an Ongoing Struggle: Conflicts Involving Racism and Homophobia in the Networked Media Environment....Pages 148-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Media, Social Change, and the Dynamics of Recognition....Pages 181-198
Recognition Without Struggles: The Reporting of Leprosy in Brazilian Daily Newspapers....Pages 199-219
Recognition and Moral Progress: Discourses on Disability in the Media....Pages 220-242
Conclusion....Pages 243-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-293