Tuesday, March 24, 2015

American and Apocalyptic Lifestyle

Thinking of way that I could better develop my topic, I decided to compare the apocalyptic era's effect on American media and culture to the post-apocalyptic era's effect on American media and culture. These two era's have many similarities, and at the same time possess many differences as well. I believe that this is an ideal topic for the literature review because both of these era's are both very involved and important in American media and culture in many ways, with each era still having distinct impacts at the same time. Apocalyptic fiction is the current, on-going verge to the end of human civilization; it often includes a certain catastrophe in the world such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, or more commonly a zombie apocalypse. This is the time where human extinction is inevitable, but has not completely occurred yet and the plight for human survival is at its peak.

 One scholarly source that I found and will use for my review is a journal article called "Apocalypse Cinema as Counterfactual Phenomenon" written by Nerijus Milerius. This article discusses how the apocalypse genre used in cinemas affects the everyday lifestyles in the American society. It explains how the apocalyptic genre can potentially cause negative effects amongst the society. When entertained by this genre, the negative thoughts of the end of the world occurring is generally blocked out by its viewers due to the fact that a negative, counter-factual world can threaten the self-identity of an everyday society. Going off this fact, because it can have such an effect on society, it is that very reason that drives many to watch and be entertained more by this genre. This is a good source to use for my review because it speaks directly about how the apocalypse can affect society in America, which can be an ideal comparison to that of the post-apocalyptic effects.

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