Crisis in the Global Mediasphere

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 1-13

3. Imagining the End: Crisis Culture and the Pleasure Economy

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 14-51

4. Grand Fraud: New Capitalism, Fantasy and Financial Crisis

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 52-92

5. Reckless Desire: Love, Sexuality and Infinite Bliss

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 93-130

6. Global Inequalities: Changing World Conditions

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 131-162

7. The Shadow and the Fawn: Sustainable Nature and Collapsing Ecologies

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 163-192

8. Fear and Trembling: The Vicissitudes of Global Terror

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 193-219

9. Conclusion: Visions of the Beginning

   • Jeff Lewis

   Pages 220-224

10. Back Matter

    Pages 225-244

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Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.

• capitalism
• consciousness
• crisis
• cultural change
• culture
• economy
• evolution
• financial crisis
• interaction
• media
• mediation
• nature
• Shadow
• terrorism
• transformation
• media research

"Jeff Lewis's exceptional study, Crisis in the Global Mediasphere: Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation, engages broadly with the discourses constructing and constructed through the anxieties and desires that permeate contemporary society. Focusing on the (re)constructions of crisis and a (collective) crisis consciousness within a 'global mediasphere', Lewis touches on issues as diverse as the current financial turmoil, sexual desire and relationships, growing global inequalities, widespread ecological destruction, and continued warfare and terrorism." - Adam Brown, Cultural Studies Review

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.

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