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 FrantiSek 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 BuljubaSic

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