Consumerism & the limits to imagination / Featuring Justin Lewis.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lewis, Justin.

Earp, Jeremy.

Jhally, Sut.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer goods.

Consumers--Attitudes.

Consumers.

Fantasy in advertising.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (42 minutes)) : sound, color

Contained In:

Media Education Foundation Collection.

Other Title:

Consumerism and the limits to imagination

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 2014.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics, and our culture, even though a growing body of research suggests it may be well past its sell-by date. In Consumerism and the Limits to Imagination, media scholar Justin Lewis makes a compelling case that consumer capitalism can no longer deliver on its promise of enhancing quality of life, and argues that changing direction will require changing our media system and our cultural environment. After showing how consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable, Lewis explores how our cultural and information industries make it difficult to envision other forms of human progress by limiting critical thinking and keeping us locked in a cycle of consumption. And he argues that change will only be possible if we take culture seriously and transform the very way we organize our media and communications systems.

Credits:

Executive Producer/Director: Sut Jhally ; Producer: Jeremy Earp ; Production Assistants: Sophia Chen, Will Delphia & Sarah Marmon ; Camera: David Rabinovitz ; Location Sound Recordist: Andy Turrett.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on March 29, 2023).

Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2014.

OCLC:

956898684

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.