Autore
Lopez, Antonio

Titolo
«Drill, Baby, Drill»: Fossil Fuel Culture, Media Disinformation, and the Politics of Extraction in the U.S.A.
Periodico
Studi culturali
Anno: 2025 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 231 - Pagina finale: 242

This article examines how fossil fuel culture in the United States is actively sustained through a powerful convergence of extractive populism, petromasculinity, and Promethean environmental discourse, all amplified by sophisticated media disinformation campaigns. Using the rallying cry «Drill, baby, drill» as a lens, the analysis traces how political and industry actors legitimize hydrocarbon extraction by framing it as a patriotic imperative, a marker of masculine identity, and a guarantor of freedom and prosperity. The article details how Big Carbon leverages propaganda, networked denial, and media manipulation to manufacture doubt about climate science, delay regulatory action, and reinforce fossil fuel dependency-often by exploiting anxieties around gender, status, and cultural identity. These strategies are shown to be deeply embedded in everyday life, shaping not only policy and public opinion but also the very narratives through which Americans understand energy, progress, and national destiny. The article argues that overcoming the entrenched power of fossil fuel culture and its disinformation apparatus will require not only policy reform, but also a profound transformation of collective values, media practices, and social imaginaries-redefining strength, prosperity, and freedom beyond the logic of extraction.



SICI: 1824-369X(2025)2<231:«BDFFC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1405/117906
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