{"product_id":"spectacle-earth-media-for-planetary-change-paperback","title":"Spectacle Earth: Media for Planetary Change - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Kalaidjian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtistic, literary, and technological depictions of the climate crisis and how they influence humanity's response\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What does it mean to watch a disaster unfold? Does exposure to a source of dread spur people to action or lull them into fatalism and complacency? Andrew Kalaidjian takes up these and other vital questions in \u003ci\u003eSpectacle Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a lively and wide-ranging consideration of media engagement, passivity, and virtual environments in relation to ecological crises and climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kalaidjian begins by tracing the long trajectory of environmental aesthetics and natural sciences that have led up to the Anthropocene. He then looks at the lessons learned from artist and activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s before laying out the new challenges in the digital age of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and virtual reality. The result is groundbreaking, offering readers a new media literacy that goes beyond individual therapeutic experience to provide forms of expression that can lead to the sorts of solidarity and connection needed to change the planet for the better.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Kalaidjian\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and the author of \u003ci\u003eExhausted Ecologies: Modernism and Environmental Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43152841506879,"sku":"9780813952727","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/YCt4k9Lmrt9780813952727.webp?v=1776941420","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spectacle-earth-media-for-planetary-change-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}