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Global Media Apocalypse Jeff Lewis

Global Media Apocalypse By Jeff Lewis

Global Media Apocalypse by Jeff Lewis


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Summary

The modern world seems trapped between fantasies of infinite pleasure and the prospects of total global catastrophe. Global Media Apocalypse explores these contrary imaginings through an evolving cultural ecology of violence. Articulated through the global media, these apocalyptic fantasies express a profoundly human condition of crisis.

Global Media Apocalypse Summary

Global Media Apocalypse: Pleasure, Violence and the Cultural Imaginings of Doom by Jeff Lewis

The modern world seems trapped between fantasies of infinite pleasure and the prospects of total global catastrophe. Global Media Apocalypse explores these contrary imaginings through an evolving cultural ecology of violence. Articulated through the global media, these apocalyptic fantasies express a profoundly human condition of crisis.

Global Media Apocalypse Reviews

'A visionary analysis of contemporary global conditions. . . . Essential reading for anyone interested in media, culture and the future of the planet.'

- Dr Kristy Best, Murdoch University, Australia

About Jeff Lewis

Jeff Lewis (PhD) is Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia. He is an internationally recognised researcher, author and scholar in media and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Preface 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 Peace References

Additional information

NLS9781349434749
9781349434749
1349434744
Global Media Apocalypse: Pleasure, Violence and the Cultural Imaginings of Doom by Jeff Lewis
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2012-01-01
228
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