posted on 2016-03-11, 10:27authored byPeter K. Lunt, Dafni Mangalousi
What is the role of the media and cultural industries in late
capitalism? In
Beyond Consumer Capitalism:
Media and the Limits to
Imagination
, author Justin Lewis joins those who argue that these forces
a
re escalating the crisis of personal well
-
being, the hollowing out of public
life, and the failure to develop imaginative policy responses to impending
environmental disaster. [Taken from introduction]
History
Citation
International Journal of Communication, 2015, 9, pp. 3644-3651
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of Media and Communication
Version
VoR (Version of Record)
Published in
International Journal of Communication
Publisher
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
issn
1932-8036
Acceptance date
2015-10-22
Copyright date
2015
Available date
2016-03-11
Publisher version
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/issue/view/11
Notes
Book review of Justin Lewis,
Beyond Consumer Capitalism: Media and the Limits to Imagination,
Cambridge, UK:
Polity Press, 2013, 224 pp., $69.95 (hardcover), $24.95 (paperback).