LEADER 04086nam 2200781 450 001 9910795077603321 005 20230126222738.0 010 $a0-8135-9316-6 010 $a0-8135-9318-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813593180 035 $a(CKB)4340000000262578 035 $a(OCoLC)1014007372 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse61480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5333071 035 $a(DE-B1597)526058 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813593180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5333071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11535845 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000262578 100 $a20180428d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGoing viral $ezombies, viruses, and the end of the world /$fDahlia Schweitzer 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource 311 0 $a0-8135-9315-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Outbreak Narrative --$t2. The Globalization Outbreak --$t3. The Terrorism Outbreak --$t4. The Post apocalypse Outbreak --$tConclusion --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aOutbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? 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. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow 606 $aEpidemics in mass media 606 $aApocalypse in mass media 606 $aMass media$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 610 $a24. 610 $a28 days later. 610 $aEbola. 610 $aI am Legend. 610 $aSARS. 610 $aWorld War Z. 610 $aX FIles. 610 $aanxiety. 610 $adisease. 610 $aglobalism. 610 $aoutbreak. 610 $apandemic. 610 $aplague. 610 $asurvivors. 610 $aterrorism. 610 $aviral. 610 $avirus. 610 $awalking dead. 610 $azombie. 615 0$aEpidemics in mass media. 615 0$aApocalypse in mass media. 615 0$aMass media$xSocial aspects 676 $a791.43615 686 $aSOC057000$aPER004030$aSOC052000$2bisacsh 700 $aSchweitzer$b Dahlia$01531567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795077603321 996 $aGoing viral$93787454 997 $aUNINA