The news : a user's manual /
De Botton, Alain, 1969-
The news : a user's manual / Alain De Botton - London : Penguin Books, 2015. - 267 p.: ill.; 19 cm
With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous?
9780241972694 0241972698
Periodismo--Aspectos políticos
Periodismo--Aspectos sociales
Medios de comunicación--Aspectos sociales
PN 4749 / D287n 2015
302.23
The news : a user's manual / Alain De Botton - London : Penguin Books, 2015. - 267 p.: ill.; 19 cm
With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous?
9780241972694 0241972698
Periodismo--Aspectos políticos
Periodismo--Aspectos sociales
Medios de comunicación--Aspectos sociales
PN 4749 / D287n 2015
302.23