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The Military-Entertainment Complex
Timothy Lenoir
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Description for The Military-Entertainment Complex
Paperback. With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games has blurred. The Military-Entertainment Complex traces how the realities of war are inflected by their representation in entertainment. War games, in turn, feature an increasing number of weapons, tactics, and scenarios from the War on Terror. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 266 pages, 71 color illustrations, 6 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210. .
With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games continues to blur. In this book, the authors trace how the realities of war are deeply inflected by their representation in popular entertainment. War games and other media, in turn, feature an increasing number of weapons, tactics, and threat scenarios from the War on Terror. While past analyses have emphasized top-down circulation of pro-military ideologies through government public relations efforts and a cooperative media industry, The Military-Entertainment Complex argues for a nonlinear relationship, defined largely by market and institutional pressures. Tim Lenoir ... Read more
With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games continues to blur. In this book, the authors trace how the realities of war are deeply inflected by their representation in popular entertainment. War games and other media, in turn, feature an increasing number of weapons, tactics, and threat scenarios from the War on Terror. While past analyses have emphasized top-down circulation of pro-military ideologies through government public relations efforts and a cooperative media industry, The Military-Entertainment Complex argues for a nonlinear relationship, defined largely by market and institutional pressures. Tim Lenoir ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
metaLABprojects
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674724983
SKU
V9780674724983
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About Timothy Lenoir
Tim Lenoir is Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Cinema and Digital Media and Science and Technology Studies at the University of California, Davis. Luke Caldwell is a Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Literature and Media Arts + Sciences at Duke University.
Reviews for The Military-Entertainment Complex
Locked and loaded, this astonishing account of the 'military-entertainment complex' exposes the links between military technologies and popular media, the alignments and affinities among defense agencies, video game companies, and Hollywood studios. With tactical precision, Tim Lenoir and Luke Caldwell show how the militarization of contemporary society is driven less by political interests than by economic interests, revealing the ways ... Read more