ABSTRACT

The dynamics of visual politics reach in all directions and go well beyond traditional media outlets. Visual Global Politics offers a comprehensive overview of and engagement with the role of visuality in politics and international relations. It is designed as an accessible, one-stop source for anyone interested in understanding the central role that images play in today's world. The chapter highlights, in accessible language, the key issues that are central to understanding visual global politics. It brings together insights from different disciplines in an attempt to provide a framework though which the political significance of images can be understood and further investigated. But there are two ways in which the politics of images has changed fundamentally. First is the speed at which images circulate and the reach they have. Second is what one could call the democratisation of visual politics.