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The News: A User's Manual (2014)

The News: A User's Manual (2014)

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3.44 of 5 Votes: 3
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ISBN
0307379124 (ISBN13: 9780307379122)
Language
English
Publisher
Pantheon

About book The News: A User's Manual (2014)

de Botton opening is forceful and dynamic. He makes some seriously interesting observations and asks some hard-hitting questions which strike the reader directly. That is all wonderful.When he begins to analyse different aspects of news, e.g. writing style and photography, for me the book became a bit slower and less engaging. Overall, for me the first 2-3 chapters were already worth it. It's a good book. I should start with admitting that I probably bought this book in search of an opinion similar to mine.What I expected was an elaboration on the role of the media and society, especially in its interaction with contemporary democracy which sometimes seems to be based on populism and desinformation.The reason I give this a mediocre rating only is because the book doesn't really present a deep analyses, especially in the second half which takes angles which I don't find relevant (celebrities etc.).

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don't really have an opinion as i was forced to read it for english. boring.
—nancy

insightful and clearly argued
—racketify

Perec spins, and weeps.
—maria

Excellent
—wilmotkid

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