Examines global media events and the increased inter-dependency of nations and political actors. Highlights the complexity and transnational risks from unscheduled disasters to orchestrated summits Considers how global communication infrastructure has been revolutionized by digitalization

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Katja Valaskivi is Research Director for the Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (COMET) at Tampere University, Finland. Anna Rantasila is a doctoral student of media studies at Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. Mikihito Tanaka is Associate Professor for the Journalism School, Graduate School of Political Science at Waseda University, Japan. Risto Kunelius is Professor of Journalism at Tampere University, Finland.

Zusammenfassung

Inhalt
Introduction: Tracing the Meanings of Fukushima.- Part I - Time.- Dealing with the Disaster The Live Media Event.- Temporal Affordances in the Networked Remembering of Fukushima.- Part II Space.- Towards a Geography of Mediated Affect: Discursive Spaces and Emotional Dynamics.- Social Media and Ambient Social Distance.- Part III Emotion.- The Global Circulation of Affect The Case of Iodide Tablets.- Affective Entanglements of Expertise The Finnish Case.- Conclusion: Time, Space and Emotion in Tracing Fukushima.