Media, Culture and Human Violence - Lewis, Jeff
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This book examines the role of media and culture in shaping contemporary conditions of violence. It argues that the collective pursuit and expression of our economic, sexual, social and political desires has catalyzed significant social transformations in human history.

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This book examines the role of media and culture in shaping contemporary conditions of violence. It argues that the collective pursuit and expression of our economic, sexual, social and political desires has catalyzed significant social transformations in human history.
Autorenporträt
Jeff Lewis is Professor of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia. He is co-director of the Human Security and Disasters Research Program in the Global Cities Institute and a former Fellow of the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics. He is the author of numerous journal articles on cultural transformation and crisis in publications including The Journal of Asian Studies, Media International Australia and Cultural Studies Review. His most recent books include Global Media Apocalypse: Pleasure, Violence and Cultural Imaginings of Doom (2013), Crisis in the Global Mediasphere: Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation (2011) and Bali's Silent Crisis: Desire, Terror and Transition (2009). He has also published widely in newspapers and magazines in Australia and Indonesia and is a regular radio/TV commentator regarding violence, terrorism and the media.