ABSTRACT
Drone warfare has the potential to decimate and fracture lifeworlds - to literally cause contexts to collapse - it is essential that information about the technology's use be subject to ongoing scrutiny and critique. To probe these issues further, this chapter critically examines several kinds of "drone media" - drone attack photos, aerial assault videos, and drone protest images that have circulated on the Internet. Author's analysis is based on the collection and study of 72 drone attacks and 183 drone protest photos using Google image search in 2011 and 10 aerial assault videos on YouTube, Dvids, and Live Leak. Photographs of drone attack scenes depict areas on the ground in the aftermath of drone strikes and fit into three general categories: survivors in ruins; funerals; and dead or injured bodies. The chapter explores different types of drone media in an effort to explore some of the grounded dimensions of the US drone war in Pakistan.
