Un atto iconico di rappresentanza: i video-testamenti degli shahid qaidisti

In the contemporary media landscape and, more specifically, in relation to its post-production dimension, the video-testament shot by jihadist shahid is probably one of the most relevant case-study examples that we can approach. Indeed, before serving his lethal purpose, shahid shoots an audiovisual content to lay claim to his forthcoming action of death (that is an action he has been designed for, but that he has not yet completed at the moment of the recording). The point is that shahid kills himself after the recording of the video, but before its release: in this way, he can’t view the final cut of his bequest, because in the meantime it has been abundantly edited by shahid’s membership organization. Therefore, the aim of the essay is to clarify this paradox: the aniconism that rules in Islamic visual culture is denied exactly by its most radical fringe, that not just allows the use of visual media and technical images, but that promotes a real iconic “replacement” when a virtual presence – the video – takes the place of a physical absence – the shahid – carrying on his struggle in the battleground of imagery

Effect of Tocilizumab vs Standard Care on Clinical Worsening in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is threatening billions of people worldwide. Tocilizumab has shown promising results in retrospective studies in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia with a good safety profile

Torri che crollano, guerra al terrore e immagini redacted

Ground Zero. L’evento e il suo sfondo mediale Il mattino dell’11 settembre 2001, a seguito di una serie di dirottamenti pianificati dall’organizzazione terroristica Al Qaeda, due aerei di linea impattano contro le Twin Towers a New York, uno si schianta sul Pentagono, sede del Dipartimento della Difesa statunitense, un quarto, dopo la ribellione dei passeggeri, precipita nei campi della Pennsylvania, senza raggiungere il suo obiettivo (presumibilmente Washington). È un attacco compiuto dirett..