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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 42,197 ratings — published 1985
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,843 ratings — published 1988
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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as media)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,320 ratings — published 1964
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The Medium is the Massage The Medium is the Massage (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as media)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,041 ratings — published 1967
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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 12,538 ratings — published 2012
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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as media)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,890 ratings — published 1995
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The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,279 ratings — published 1962
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as media)
avg rating 3.89 — 34,043 ratings — published 2010
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Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 3,864 ratings — published 2006
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 5,710 ratings — published 1992
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Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as media)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,839 ratings — published 2019
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Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.54 — 1,033 ratings — published 1986
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Propaganda Propaganda (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 9,936 ratings — published 1928
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 24,723 ratings — published 1967
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Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,984 ratings — published 2008
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Public Opinion Public Opinion (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as media)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,665 ratings — published 1922
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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,501 ratings — published 1961
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Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,476 ratings — published 1962
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 105,050 ratings — published 2019
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,584 ratings — published 1989
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The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as media)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,123 ratings — published 2011
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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as media)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,151 ratings — published 1936
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Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 462,536 ratings — published 1972
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as media)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,066 ratings — published 2016
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Simulacra and Simulation Simulacra and Simulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as media)
avg rating 4.00 — 17,734 ratings — published 1981
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as media)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,049 ratings — published 2010
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as media)
avg rating 4.18 — 667,772 ratings — published 1996
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as media)
avg rating 3.93 — 67,063 ratings — published 2015
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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as media)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,272 ratings — published 1982
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The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as media)
avg rating 3.79 — 5,529 ratings — published 2011
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This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as media)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,266 ratings — published 2019
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Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as media)
avg rating 3.95 — 178,372 ratings — published 1992
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The Language of New Media The Language of New Media (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as media)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,065 ratings — published 2001
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Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as media)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,135 ratings — published 1997
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No Logo No Logo (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as media)
avg rating 3.90 — 33,433 ratings — published 2000
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The Green Mile The Green Mile (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as media)
avg rating 4.49 — 382,526 ratings — published 1996
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as media)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,541 ratings — published 2011
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as media)
avg rating 4.07 — 158,421 ratings — published 1992
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The Powers That Be The Powers That Be (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,126 ratings — published 1979
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 135,987 ratings — published 1993
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 99,877 ratings — published 2019
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It It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,333,449 ratings — published 1986
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Misery Misery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 872,388 ratings — published 1987
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Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Writing Science) Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Writing Science)
by (shelved 24 times as media)
avg rating 4.02 — 350 ratings — published 1986
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,513 ratings — published 1977
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Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as media)
avg rating 3.49 — 5,128 ratings — published 2005
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Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as media)
avg rating 4.23 — 749 ratings — published 2018
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How to Watch TV News How to Watch TV News (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as media)
avg rating 3.76 — 731 ratings — published 1991
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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as media)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,495 ratings — published 2024
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The Mechanical Bride : Folklore of Industrial Man The Mechanical Bride : Folklore of Industrial Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as media)
avg rating 4.02 — 332 ratings — published 1951
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“(Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964)
"How do you find America?"
"Turn left at Greenland.”
― Ringo Starr

Jon   Stewart
“If everything is amplified, we hear nothing.”
― Jon Stewart

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