The Anthropocene in Global Media will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental studies, media and communication studies, and the environmental humanities, as well as those who are concerned about the survival of humans on planet Earth.
Leslie Sklair is emeritus professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His work has been translated into more than ten languages. He is the President of the Global Studies Association (UK) and, in 2016, the Czech Academy awarded him the František Palacký Medal for his contribution to Historical Sciences.
Part I: The Anthropocene and Global Media
1 Editor's Introduction
Leslie Sklair
2 Anthropocene in the Mass Media: The Big Picture
Leslie Sklair
Part II: Media Coverage of The Anthropocene: A Global Survey
3 Africa's Anthropocene: A Kaleidoscope of Contradictions
Meryl McQueen and Leslie Sklair
4 The Anthropocene in North America: The Pursuit of the 'Good' Anthropocene
Leslie Sklair, Chad Steacy, Jonathan DeVore, and Ron Wagler
5 Challenges and Ideas of Representation of the Anthropocene in Latin American and Caribbean Media
Viviane Riegel, Sofia Ávila, and Jerico Fiestas-Flores
6 The Anthropocene in the Media of North Asia
Leslie Sklair, Ka Ho Mok, and Yuyang Kang
7 South Asia: The 'Provincializing' Dilemma Leslie Sklair, Jahnnabi Das, and Sunitha Kuppuswamy
8 Latecomers to Capitalism, Latecomers to the Risks of the Anthropocene
Vladimir Vuletic and Eni Buljubaši¿
9 Western Europe: Planetary Eurocentrism
Boris Holzer and Leslie Sklair
10 The Anthropocene in Middle East Media: Invisible Oil?
Baran Alp Uncu and Ramzi Darouiche
11 Oceania: Big Islands, Small Islands, and the Anthropocene
Leslie Sklair and Astrid Kusumowidagdo
Part III: From the Anthropocene to the Anthropo-scene
12 Media Coverage of the Anthropocene in the Social Sciences and Environmental Humanities
Viviane Riegel
13 Media Coverage of Anthropocene-related creative arts
Leslie Sklair
14 Conclusion: We Need to Talk about the Anthropocene
Leslie Sklair
Appendix 1: countries in Regions
Appendix 2: sources by coverage