The 'Make It Possible' multimedia campaign: Generating a new 'everyday' in Animal Welfare
Abstract
Although livestock welfare issues were once barely visible to mainstream consumers, animal welfare activists now combine traditional public media advocacy with digital media advocacy to spread their campaign message and mobilise consumers. This article examines one attempt to mainstream animal welfare issues: Animals Australia's ‘Make It Possible’ multimedia campaign. Specifically, we contend that the campaign puts into circulation an ‘affective economy’ (Ahmed, 2004a, 2004b) aimed at proposing and entrenching new modes of everyday behaviour. Core affective positions and their circulation in this economy are considered from three interrelated articulations of this campaign: the release of and public response to the YouTube campaign video; Coles' short-lived offering of campaign shopping bags; and public engagement in the ‘My Make It Possible Story’ website. Analysis also opens up broader questions concerning the relationship between online activism and everyday life, asking how articulations in one domain translate to everyday practices.
RAS ID
18231
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2014
School
School of Communication and Arts / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications
Copyright
subscription content
Publisher
Swinburne University of Technology
Comments
Rodan, D., & Mummery, J. (2014). The ‘Make It Possible’multimedia campaign: Generating a new ‘everyday’in animal welfare. Media International Australia, 153(1), 78-87. Available here