Consumerism & the limits to imagination

Resource Information

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Label

Consumerism & the limits to imagination

Contributor

• Earp, Jeremy
• Jhally, Sut
• Lewis, Justin
• Kanopy (Firm)

Subject

• trueConsumerism
• Consumers -- Social aspects
• Material culture -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

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

Is part of

• Tōkyō : Asahi Shinbun Shuppan, 2017

Cataloging source

NZEN

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive Producer/Director: Sut Jhally ; Producer: Jeremy Earp ; Production Assistants: Sophia Chen, Will Delphia & Sarah Marmon ; Camera: David Rabinovitz ; Location Sound Recordist: Andy Turrett

Date time place

Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2014

Intended audience

Grades 9+

Runtime

42

Technique

live action