Green Media and Popular Culture

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Green Media and Popular Culture

An Introduction

Popular culture Media studies The environment

Author: John Parham

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Academic

Published on: 3rd December 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 336 pages

ISBN: 9781350306639


Overview

This comprehensive survey of green media and popular culture introduces the reader to the key debates and theories surrounding green interpretations of popular film, television and journalism, as well as comedy, music, animation, and computer games. With stimulating and original case studies on U2, Björk, the animated films of Disney, the computer game Journey, and more, this engaging text reveals the complicated and often contradictory relationship between the media and environmentalism.

Significance

Examining the ways in which green media can influence the public's awareness of environmental issues, this innovative textbook is a critical starting point for students of Media, Film and Cultural Studies, and anyone else researching and studying in the rapidly growing field of green media and cultural studies.

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