Consumerism & the limits to imagination
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Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 2014., [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 42 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
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Executive Producer/Director: Sut Jhally ; Producer: Jeremy Earp ; Production Assistants: Sophia Chen, Will Delphia & Sarah Marmon ; Camera: David Rabinovitz ; Location Sound Recordist: Andy Turrett.
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Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2014.
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Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics, and our culture, even though a growing body of research suggests it may be well past its sell-by date. In Consumerism and the Limits to Imagination, media scholar Justin Lewis makes a compelling case that consumer capitalism can no longer deliver on its promise of enhancing quality of life, and argues that changing direction will require changing our media system and our cultural environment. After showing how consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable, Lewis explores how our cultural and information industries make it difficult to envision other forms of human progress by limiting critical thinking and keeping us locked in a cycle of consumption. And he argues that change will only be possible if we take culture seriously and transform the very way we organize our media and communications systems.
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Grades 9+
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, J., Earp, J., & Jhally, S. (2014). Consumerism & the limits to imagination . Media Education Foundation.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, Justin, Jeremy. Earp and Sut. Jhally. 2014. Consumerism & the Limits to Imagination. Media Education Foundation.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, Justin, Jeremy. Earp and Sut. Jhally. Consumerism & the Limits to Imagination Media Education Foundation, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, Justin., Jeremy Earp, and Sut Jhally. Consumerism & the Limits to Imagination Media Education Foundation, 2014.

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