Title Crisis in the global mediasphere : desire, displeasure and cultural transformation / Jeff Lewis

Published Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Introduction -- Imagining the end : crisis culture and the pleasure economy -- Grand fraud : new capitalism, financial crisis and the economy of pleasure -- Reckless desire : love, sexuality and infinite bliss -- Global inequalities : changing world conditions -- The shadow and the fawn : sustainable nature and collapsing ecologies -- Fear and trembling : the vicissitudes of global terror -- Conclusion : visions of the beginning Summary This book is an account of contemporary culture and a world in crisis. It examines the ways in which crisis conditions and a crisis consciousness have emerged through the confluence of human desire and human fear Notes Includes index Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Mass media -- Political aspects. Mass media -- Social aspects. Mass media and culture. LC no. 2010033962 ISBN 9780230247420 alkaline paper 0230247423 alkaline paper

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