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Book Club December

🕑 Added 2022-12-01 19:57:59 +0000 UTC

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B

"Cult of the Amateur" by Andrew Keen was an interesting read but it may be wildly outdated now

Mal Bishop

Thanks for mentioning this one, I hadn’t heard about it and it’s right up my alley. I just picked it up on audible

Mal Bishop

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media It’s written by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky

Dr. H

Really out of date. Author is stuffy and intellectually conservative. All examples are high culture of white male writers and thinkers. And it’s the only harsh critique of Sesame Street you’ll ever read! lol.

Wes

It's twenty years old but absolutely brilliant, and it's amazing how many of the pundits involved are still relevant: What Liberal Media? The Truth about Bias and the News, by Eric Alterman.

Asymetra

Think Before You Like: Social Media's Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed by Guy Harrison is another potential one. https://www.amazon.com/Think-Before-You-Like-Navigate/dp/1633883515/

Jason Rucker

That sounds interesting! I'm about a quarter through the book "How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion," and I'd be interested to hear your take on it. While not directly media criticism, it does go into how people get indoctrinated into a particular set of beliefs (often through media) and what people can do to get them to reconsider their positions. It's very enlightening so far. Maybe not this cycle, since it doesn't really meet your topic, but I think it's a valuable read, and something I've spent a lot of time thinking about.