TY - BOOK ID - 101315636 TI - In Case of Emergency : How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality PY - 2022 SN - 1479811653 9781479811625 1479811661 1479811629 9781479811632 1479811637 PB - New York, NY : New York University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Discrimination. KW - Emergencies KW - Emergency communication systems. KW - Emergency management KW - Public safety KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. KW - Social aspects. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Black Lives Matter. KW - COVID-19. KW - Cultural studies. KW - Disability. KW - Emergency. KW - Infrastructure. KW - Media theory. KW - Surveillance. KW - affect. KW - alarms. KW - alerts. KW - campus safety. KW - care. KW - contact tracing. KW - culture. KW - disability. KW - disaster. KW - dispatch. KW - emergency. KW - graphics. KW - labor. KW - maps. KW - media policy. KW - media work. KW - mediation. KW - mutual aid. KW - normalcy. KW - policing. KW - prison abolition. KW - racial justice. KW - racial profiling. KW - safety. KW - sirens. KW - social media. KW - testimony. KW - weather. KW - wireless emergency alerts. KW - witnessing. KW - Safety, Public KW - Human services KW - Consequence management (Emergency management) KW - Disaster planning KW - Disaster preparedness KW - Disaster prevention KW - Disaster relief KW - Disasters KW - Emergency planning KW - Emergency preparedness KW - Management KW - First responders KW - Emergency warning systems KW - Warning systems, Emergency KW - Civil defense KW - Telecommunication systems KW - Accidents KW - Bias KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Minorities KW - Toleration KW - Planning KW - Preparedness KW - Prevention UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101315636 AB - "In Case of Emergency argues that emergency media are profoundly cultural artifacts that shape the very definition of "emergency" as an opposite of "normal." The normalizing ideologies produced and reinforced by emergency media result in unequal access to emergency services and discriminatory assumptions about who or what is a threat and who deserves care and protection. Thus, a primary function of emergency media is to produce feelings of safety in some while designating others as targets of surveillance and control"-- ER -