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News: a User's Manual by Alain De Botton (2014, Trade Paperback)
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The News: A User’s Manual is an insightful analysis of the impact of the incessant news machine on us and our culture. The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307476839
ISBN-139780307476838
eBay Product ID (ePID)202454225
Product Key Features
Book TitleNews: a User's Manual
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, Industries / Media & Communications, Popular Culture
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorAlain De Botton
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width8 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-412336
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A thought-provoking look at the impact of news on culture and individuals." -- Booklist "De Botton's utopian project . . . is to challenge our pessimistic assumptions about what news is and imagine how it could be." -- The Guardian "Elegantly argued. . . . Moves briskly across the vast landscape of contemporary news." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Broaches the problems of twenty-first century media outlets with de Botton's signature flourish." -- The New Republic, "A thought-provoking look at the impact of news on culture and individuals." -- Booklist "De Botton's utopian project . . . is to challenge our pessimistic assumptions about what news is and imagine how it could be." -- The Guardian "Elegantly argued. . . . Moves briskly across the vast landscape of contemporary news." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Broaches the problems of twenty-first century media outlets with de Botton's signature flourish." -- The New Republic, "Short and pithy essays drill down beneath the news item to the general absurdity of life and observations of how the media is constantly feeding us information without real context. Interspersed throughout are references to art, literature, and culture and their more enduring messages in contrast to the impression left by the news of a desperate lack of humanity. This is a thought-provoking look at the impact of news on culture and individuals." --Vanessa Bush, Booklist "Known for his wide-ranging curiosity and penchant for philosophical musing, the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, Religion for Atheists , and The Art of Travel has turned his attention to the news. This branch of the media that incorporates everything from war to celebrities getting pizza is almost omnipresent in our lives, and de Botton here examines how that affects us and how much longer the news can get bigger." -- The Millions , Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview "de Botton examines excerpts of contemporary news, mixing them with philosophical observations about the impact the news has on us, why we rely on it so heavily, and how it impacts the way in which we see the world." -- Huffington Post From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal302.23
SynopsisThe News: A User's Manual is an insightful analysis of the impact of the incessant news machine on us and our culture. The news is everywhere. We can't stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face daily, which has a huge influence on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. Alain de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories--including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview, and a political scandal--and submits them to intense analysis. Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? De Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, designed to bring calm, understanding, and a measure of sanity to a news-obsessed age.
LC Classification NumberPN4749.D43 2014b
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