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SOS signals, knocks, flares, or messages in a bottle: when people find themselves in distress, they must use all possible means to draw attention to themselves. They have to send distress signals in order to stay alive. This book examines numerous catastrophes to show why people in emergencies are existentially dependent on media and means of communication.
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Keywords
- Cultural Studies
- Emergencies and disasters
- General studies
- Human existence
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Literary studies: general
- Literature & literary studies
- Literature: history & criticism
- Media and means of communication
- Media Studies
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
- Signs of life
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general
- thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTZ General studies and General knowledge
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
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DOI: 10.1515/9783111075341Editions