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315 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780689702808
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The author describes how we have flooded our world with pseudo-events and images that tempt us to turn newsgathering into newsmaking, to transform heroes into celebrities, to live not by the American dream but by American illusions.
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315 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780689702808
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The author describes how we have flooded our world with pseudo-events and images that tempt us to turn newsgathering into newsmaking, to transform heroes into celebrities, to live not by the American dream but by American illusions.