Global Media Apocalypse Pleasure, Violence and the Cultural Imaginings of Doom [Hardcover]

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.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

'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

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.