(H)earthquake TV: ‘People rebuilding life after the emergency’

Trere, Emiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-4571 and Farinosi, Manuela 2012. (H)earthquake TV: ‘People rebuilding life after the emergency’. Abruzzese, Alberto, Barile, Nello, Gebhardt, Julian, Vincent, Jane and Fortunati, Leopoldina, eds. The New Television Ecosystem, Participation in Broadband Society, vol. 7. Peter Lang, pp. 61-83.

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Abstract

According to several studies, traditional Italian television framed the post-earthquake situation as a ‘miracle in L’Aquila’ and made a spectacular of the pain of those involved in the earthquake to impress the audience without respect for the feelings of the victims. In contrast to this situation, it seems that, on the Web, the victims of the tragedy could speak with their own voices without any mediation. The aim of this contribution is to explore how the dimension of pain was represented on a cross-media platform that documented the lives of the people living in the tent camps after the tragedy: FromZero TV. Using qualitative methodologies (video analysis and interviews), we found that this web TV offers a sober and balanced representation of the dimension of pain in relation to the victims of the catastrophe. Moreover, the dimension of pain was not exposed or made into a spectacular, thus respecting the feelings of the victims. It also emerged that this platform was able to represent grief in a more respectful way adopting the same words and terms of the affected population, without having to stick to the rules of the traditional television agenda. FromZero thus represents an interesting ‘experiment’ in how new forms of television on the Internet can offer alternative representations of events and give a voice to ordinary people without having to appeal to the exhibitionism of feelings or to stick to the rules of the traditional media agenda.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Peter Lang
ISBN:	9783631616574
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2025
Date of Acceptance:	14 September 2011
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2025 14:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175361

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