New Delhi, March 27 -- The modern concept of security has been radically altered, traditionally, the meaning of security is reduced to physical protection of a territorial borderline, however it has become an aesthetic and perceptual object in the contemporary era. The perception of threat in this new territory is not just the response to the objective physical threat but is carefully created by the combination of media, visuals and digital dissemination. The aesthetics of security is a phenomenon that examines the role of visual representations as the main mechanisms of meaning-making, governing and legitimization of state power.

Historical development of security studies has been associated with the securitization theory, introduced b...