Going Viral : Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World /

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"In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three dis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schweitzer, Dahlia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mass media > Social aspects.
Epidemics in mass media.
Apocalypse in mass media.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Medias > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Fin du monde dans les medias.
Épidemies dans les medias.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813593180

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