Culture-on-demand communication in a crisis world /
Film, video, music, TV, the internet - these are now the global channels for experiencing cultural activity on-demand. At the same time, intense cultural conflicts have thrown the world into chaos. Religious fundamentalism, nationalism, militarism, and globalization continue to provoke widespread vi...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470696545 |
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Film, video, music, TV, the internet - these are now the global channels for experiencing cultural activity on-demand. At the same time, intense cultural conflicts have thrown the world into chaos. Religious fundamentalism, nationalism, militarism, and globalization continue to provoke widespread violence and unrest. This highly original, thought-provoking book - written by a pioneer of communication studies - is the first to analyze the post 9/11 world in terms of global media and popular culture. From an evolutionary perspective, Lull argues that we need to harness the influence of information and personal communications technologies, mass media, and the culture industries to understand where our precarious world is headed and how we will get there. |
Carrier Form: | xxiv, 222 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-218) and index. |
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9780470696545 0470696540 9780470695791 (electronic bk.) 047069579X (electronic bk.) 9781405181396 (electronic bk.) 1405181397 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | P94 |
CLC: | G206-05 |
Contents: | All eyes on the global stage -- Human expression -- Programming our personal supercultures -- The push and pull of culture -- Globalized Islam -- Cultural transparency -- The open spaces of global communication -- Fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism -- Communicating the future. |