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Global Media Apocalypse

Pleasure, Violence and the Cultural Imaginings of Doom

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Jeff Lewis

    1. Human Security Institute, RMIT University, Australia

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Out of the 9/11 Decade

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 1-36

  3. New Media — Old Empires: Celebrity, Sex and Revolutions of Knowing

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 37-74

  4. Under the Volcano: The Cultural Ecology of Nature

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 75-99

  5. Hyper-Pleasure: Consumer Rituals and Transactions of Desire

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 100-129

  6. Menace: Westernism, Media and the Cultural Ecology of Violence

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 130-162

  7. After the Apocalypse: Refugees, Human Rights and the Global Media Future

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 163-201

  8. Conclusion: Peace

    • Jeff Lewis
    Pages 202-206

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 207-228
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About this book

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.

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'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

Authors and Affiliations

  • Human Security Institute, RMIT University, Australia

    Jeff Lewis

About the author

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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