A review by heatherbermingham
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media by Brooke Gladstone

4.0

One of my favorite things in the world is how there are more and more graphic novels tackling nonfiction material. I think it's often a really ideal marriage between subject and medium. The format of this book is very similar to Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics." An illustrated version of author Brooke Gladstone walks the reader through a history of the media, tackling various issues - yellow journalism, various media biases, how the Internet has been/will be good and bad for journalism. There's a section on journalism during various wars that the U.S. has been involved with that I thought was particularly interesting and thought-provoking. Definitely recommended, partly because of how good the material is, partly because of how cool the format is.