Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / / Dahlia Schweitzer

• Autore: Schweitzer Dahlia
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 791.43615
• Soggetto topico: Epidemics in mass media; Apocalypse in mass media; Mass media - Social aspects - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: 24; 28 days later; Ebola; I am Legend; SARS; World War Z.; X FIles; anxiety; disease; globalism; outbreak; pandemic; plague; survivors; terrorism; viral; virus; walking dead; zombie
• Classificazione: SOC057000PER004030SOC052000
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Post apocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Outbreak 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Going viral
• ISBN: 0-8135-9316-6; 0-8135-9318-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814037003321
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