Bibliograph

The influencing machine, Brooke Gladstone on the media, illustrated by Josh Neufeld ; with additional penciling by Randy Jones and Susann Ferris-Jones

Type

Label

The influencing machine, Brooke Gladstone on the media, illustrated by Josh Neufeld ; with additional penciling by Randy Jones and Susann Ferris-Jones

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The influencing machine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

668194783

Responsibility statement

illustrated by Josh Neufeld ; with additional penciling by Randy Jones and Susann Ferris-Jones

Sub title

Brooke Gladstone on the media

Summary

The cohost of NPR's "On the Media" narrates, in cartoon form, two millennia of history of the influence of the media on the populace, from newspapers in Caesar's Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution to today

Table Of Contents

In the beginning -- The American exception -- Existential angst -- Canis journalisticus -- Birds on a wire -- News you can't use -- The great refusal -- Bias -- War -- Objectivity -- Disclosure -- The matrix in me -- The influencing machines -- Um, panic? -- I, robot -- I media

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