Merrin, William.

Baudrillard and the media : a critical introduction / William Merrin. - Cambridge : Polity, 2005. - v, 190 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Television is killing the art of symbolic exchange: Baudrillard's theory of communication - 2. To play with phantoms: the evil demon of the simulacrum - 3. Are friends electric? Baudrillard's critique of McLuhan - 4. The delirious spectacle of the non-event - 5. Shreds of war rotting in the desert - 6. 'Total screen': 9/11 and the gulf war: reloaded - 7.'The matrix has you' : viruality and social control - 8.'The saving power' : the 'reflex miracle' of photography.

0745630731 (pbk.) 9780745630731 (pbk.)


Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007


Mass media--Philosophy.

302.23092 / MER