Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world /

"In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schweitzer, Dahlia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Epidemics in mass media. Apocalypse in mass media. Mass media > Social aspects > United States. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.

Table of Contents:

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Preface
Introduction
1. The outbreak narrative
2. The globalization outbreak
The terrorism outbreak
4. The post-apocalypse outbreak
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes.