United States of Distraction
Media Manipulation in Post-truth America (and What We Can Do About It)
San Francisco : City Lights Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Description: pages cm
"Written in the spirit of resistance and hope, United States of Distraction offers a clear, concise appraisal of our current situation, and presents readers with action items for how to improve it. "Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon emphasize what we can do today," says Ralph Nader in the foreword, "to restore the power of facts, truth, and fair, inclusive journalism as tools for people to keep political and corporate power subordinate to the engaged citizenry and the common good.""-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: How Did We Get Here? -- A Crumbling Fourth E(D)State -- Breaking News, Broken News -- The Truth Is the Greatest Enemy of the State -- We Distort, You Abide -- Make America Think Again.
Subjects:
Media literacy -- United States.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Media literacy -- United States.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
0872867676
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