Global media apocalypse: pleasure, violence and the cultural imaginings of doom
Auteur :
Lewis, Jeff
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349434749
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.