Crisis in the global mediasphere : desire, displeasure and cultural transformation / Jeff Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Jeff, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media and culture.

Physical Description:

ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Introduction

Imagining the end : crisis culture and the pleasure economy

Grand fraud : new capitalism, financial crisis and the economy of pleasure

Reckless desire : love, sexuality and infinite bliss

Global inequalities : changing world conditions

The shadow and the fawn : sustainable nature and collapsing ecologies

Fear and trembling : the vicissitudes of global terror

Conclusion : visions of the beginning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230247420

0230247423

OCLC:

656556640