Guests Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, and Siobhan Speiran join Claudia to discuss case studies as wide ranging as Japanese animal cafes, Spanish bull fighting, and Costa Rican sanctuaries to unfurl the complex relations of social media and animals. Together they probe how social media packages animals as content, why that changes real lives, and where activism, policy, and platform design can push back. Date Recorded: 11 April 2025 Featured: Han Heroes and Yamato Warriors: Competing Masculinities in Chinese and Japanese War Cinema by Amanda WeissCritical Animal and Media Studies by Núria Almiron, Matthew Cole, Carrie P. FreemanMedia Theories and the Crossroads of Critical Animal and Media Studies by Debra MerskinWounded men of feminism: Exploring regimes of male victimhood in the Spanish manosphere by Elisa García Mingo and Silvia Díaz FernándezA field-based Conservation Welfare Assessment Framework for Costa Rican primate sanctuaries by Siobhan SperianThe Emotional politics of images: moral shock, explicit violence and strategic visual communication in the animal liberation movement by Laura FernándezAnimal Traffic: Lively Capital in the Global Exotic Pet Trade by Rosemary-Claire CollardBig Cat Reporting Tool by Four PawsAbout Looking by John BergerThe Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands.Social Media Cruelty CoalitionSeoul Zebra EscapeStop Animals Selfie Campaign The Civet ProjectGlobal Federation of SanctuarA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.iROAR NetworkiROAR brings together podcasts that aim is to make the world a better place for animals. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Modern Language, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Literature, Media, & CommunPollination Project The Pollination Project empowers volunteers across by providing the funding they need. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showThe Animal Turn is hosted and produced by Claudia Hirtenfelder and is part of the iROAR Network. Learn more on our website. Leave a Review on Podchaser Check out The Animal Turn Merch. Support us on Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee, and Buzzsprout.