Global media apocalypse : pleasure, violence and the cultural imaginings of doom / Jeff Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Jeff, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict in mass media.

Mass media and culture.

Violence in mass media.

Mass media and public opinion.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

The modern world has become trapped between fantasies of infinite bliss and the prospects of global annihilation. Articulated through the global media, these apocalyptic imaginings have become infused in contemporary culture, affecting the way we think, act, communicate and make decisions.

Paying particular attention to the role of digital communication networks, Jeff Lewis presents a highly original analysis of many of the world's most pressing problems - rampant consumerism, ecological disaster, global power shifts, refugees, political violence and warfare. Global Media Apocalypse provides a compelling and accessible analysis of a world whose desires and fantasies have drawn it to the edge of systemic collapse. It analyses the problems and pathways to a better future. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: out of the 9/11 decade

New media-old empires: celebrity, sex and revolutions of knowing

Under the volcano: the cultural ecology of nature

Hyper-pleasure: consumer rituals and transactions of desire

Menace: westernism, media and the cultural ecology of violence

After the apocalypse: refugees, human rights and the global media future

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137005441

1137005440

OCLC:

798615465