media. Just like Shell and BP etc., these are corporations themselves. What both – resource corporations and media corporations – have in common is the profit motive often camouflaged as shareholder value. As a consequence, the dominance of corporate media and their power to shape public discourse, it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism. Yet, worse than this is that Bennett’s ‘Communicating the Future’ appears like a well-thought-out communications guide that assists us in the arrangement of deckchairs on the Titanic even though ‘the Future’ will not be much of a future. Our common future may very well be The Uninhabitable Earth.

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书评：安德鲁·达菲的智能手机和新闻

媒体。就像壳牌和英国石油等一样，它们本身就是公司。资源公司和媒体公司两者的共同点是利润动机经常被伪装成股东价值。因此，企业媒体的主导地位及其塑造公共话语的力量，更容易想象世界的终结而不是资本主义的终结。然而，比这更糟糕的是，贝内特的“沟通未来”看起来像是一本经过深思熟虑的沟通指南，可以帮助我们安排泰坦尼克号上的躺椅，尽管“未来”不会有太大的未来。我们共同的未来很可能就是不宜居住的地球。