LEADER 04787nam 22006975 450 001 9910483173703321 005 20200630152101.0 010 $a981-15-2051-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-2051-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000010119247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6027533 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-2051-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010119247 100 $a20200121d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDigital Carnivalesque $ePower Discourse and Counter Narratives in Singapore Social Media /$fby Hoi-Yi Katy Kan 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 167 pages) 225 1 $aCultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education,$x2345-7708 ;$v10 311 $a981-15-2050-X 327 $a1. Power as Performance in the 21st Century Digital Playground -- 2. Power -- 3. Digital Times -- 4. Politics and Social Media in Singapore -- 5. Carnivalesque as Theoretical Framework -- 6. mrbrown Show: who say we Smelly? -- 7. Anton Casey?s mistake (Singlish 55) -- 8. Power as Constantly Reconstituting & the Prospects of Carnivalesque Politics. 330 $aThis book challenges the framing of comedic acts as apolitical and it adopts a multimodal critical discourse approach to interrogate the performance of comedy as a form of power. It proposes using Bakhtin?s carnivalesque as the analytic tool to distil for readers key differences between humour as banal and humour as critical (and political) in today?s social media. Drawing from critical theory and cultural studies, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach in formulating a contemporary view of power that reflects social realities not only in the digital economy but also in a world that is increasingly authoritarian. With the proposition of newer theoretical lenses in this book, scholars and social scientists can then find a way to shift the conversation to uncover the evolving voices of (existing and newer) power holders in the shared digital space; and to view current social realities as a continual project in unpacking and understanding the adaptive ways of the human spirit. This is an important study of the conduct of power relations in Singapore?s social media discourse. Katy Kan weaves together major works by socio-political thinkers to make sense of the way digital discourses in Singapore both enable and challenge social, cultural and political narratives ? and considers how this is sagaciously managed by the government. Terence Lee, Associate Professor in Communication, Murdoch University Theorizing the notion of power in the ever changing and shifting dynamics of the digital realm is always challenging. Katy Kan?s processing of critical theory however presents a powerful lens to unpack power relations in one of the most digitally connected countries in the world ? Singapore. Catherine Gomes, Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University. 410 0$aCultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education,$x2345-7708 ;$v10 606 $aDigital media 606 $aCommunication 606 $aPolitical communication 606 $aCultural studies 606 $aEducational sociology 606 $aSemiotics 606 $aDigital/New Media$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/412040 606 $aCommunication Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X28000 606 $aPolitical Communication$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911030 606 $aCultural Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22040 606 $aSociology of Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O29000 606 $aSemiotics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N53000 615 0$aDigital media. 615 0$aCommunication. 615 0$aPolitical communication. 615 0$aCultural studies. 615 0$aEducational sociology. 615 0$aSemiotics. 615 14$aDigital/New Media. 615 24$aCommunication Studies. 615 24$aPolitical Communication. 615 24$aCultural Studies. 615 24$aSociology of Education. 615 24$aSemiotics. 676 $a302.30285 700 $aKan$b Hoi-Yi Katy$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0947828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483173703321 996 $aDigital Carnivalesque$92142328 997 $aUNINA