United States of distraction
Subtitle: media manipulation in post-truth America (and what we can do about it)
By: Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff ; foreword by Ralph Nader
Contributors: Huff, Mickey, author; Nader, Ralph, writer of foreword
Series: Open Media series; Open Media book
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780872867673; 9780872867956
Subjects: Political culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Mass media; Political aspects; Media literacy; History
Description: "Written in the spirit of resistance and hope, United States of Distraction offers a clear, concise appraisal of our current situation, and presents readers with action items for how to improve it. "Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon emphasize what we can do today," says Ralph Nader in the foreword, "to restore the power of facts, truth, and fair, inclusive journalism as tools for people to keep political and corporate power subordinate to the engaged citizenry and the common good.""--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-245).
Table of contents: title: Prologue: how did we get here?; title: A crumbling fourth estate; title: Breaking news, broken news; title: The truth is the greatest enemy of the state; title: We distort, you abide; title: Make America think again.