Zombie Media and Apocalyptic Preparedness

When Tuesday, April 1, 2014
7:00pm to 12:42pm
Where Art and Journalism Building, Ball State University
Room 175
1001 N. McKinley Ave.
What Education speakers, zombies

Eric King Watts will examine how this genre is preoccupied with "end-of-days" fantasies that feed the motives of extreme preparedness groups. In particular, the talk will focus on "Zombie Preppers," a docudrama produced and aired on Discovery Channel as an example of how the genre composes a zombie outbreak as plausible. Lastly, the talk speculates on the potential communicative impacts brought about by repetitive exposure and intense consumption of the genre.