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言葉の力は、生きる力。現場で考え抜いた伝える、鍛える、表す極意。 スマホとネットが日常の一部となり、顔の見えない人ともコミュニケーションできる現代社会は、便利な反面、やっかいでもある。言葉の力が生きる力とも言える時代に、日本語の足腰をどう鍛えるか、大切なことは何か──恋愛、子育て、ドラマ、歌会、SNS、AIなど、様々なシーンでの言葉のつかい方を、歌人ならではの視点で、実体験をふまえて考察する。

民間伝承・比較民俗学の視点から神戸大学の研究員が『鬼滅の刃』を紐解く！　ニュースサイト「AERAdot.」の人気連載・『鬼滅の刃』のキャラクター分析記事を大幅に加筆した待望の書。

2025年最大の問題作がここに。隠蔽、圧力、欺瞞──フジテレビの闇が暴露された今、大手メディア崩壊のカウントダウンが始まった！「真実抹消システム」と化したテレビ局の正体とは！？

引退を機に明かす、人気番組の舞台裏「これは僕の、テレビ界への遺言です」全て実名で綴る、テレビへの愛と提言

SNS等に溢れるあいまい情報に飛びつかず，その不確実性に耐える力が輿論主義（デモクラシー）の土台となる．

Despite a long and noble ancestry stretching back to 1500 BC, Freemasonry has enjoyed mixed fortunes in recent times. Banned in some places while flourishing in others, the brotherhood has been vilified and applauded in equal measure. This book explores its fascinating history and examines the laudable aims espoused by its founding fathers.

著者による『映画を早送りで観る人たち』の待望の続編！〈倍速視聴〉から見えたコンテンツ消費における〈コスパ〉〈タイパ〉という欲望は、読書においてはどのように作用しているのか。本作では、「本を読めない人たち」への徹底取材をはじめ、テキスト受容を取り巻く読者と出版社/ウェブメディアの現状をリポートする。一体「本を読めなくなった人」は何を考えているのか。

In this provocative investigation into OnlyFans—the adult platform where subscribers around the world spent more than $7 billion in 2024—journalist Leon Neyfakh teams up with comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Canaan for a one-of-a-kind exploration into the current state of human connection. Throughout, they discover that the site originally built for spicy adult content has quietly and surprisingly become something more complicated—an emotional marketplace where desire, performance, care, fantasy, and vulnerability seemingly blur together.

読売、日経、ヤフー、波乱のメディア三国志！大幅加筆４００字７０枚でここに完結!

In Silicon Empires, Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, revealing how a handful of powerful corporations and states are engaged in a monumental struggle to control its future. Srnicek moves beyond the headlines to lay bare the elaborate strategies that these silicon empires—from tech giants to great powers—are deploying to capture the immense value of AI.

The widely accepted story of the founding of America is that The Mayflower delivered the first settlers from Plymouth to the New World in 1620. Yet in reality, the Jamestown settlers had already become the first English-speaking outpost thirteen years earlier in 1607.

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers “One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time...

コロナ禍以降、社会は置き配的なものとなった――「紀伊國屋じんぶん大賞2025 読者と選ぶ人文書ベスト30」の1位に輝いた気鋭の批評家が放つ最初にして最高の2020年代社会批評！ 群像連載の「言葉と物」を単行本化。酷薄な現代を生き抜くための必読書！

From fake news to conspiracy theories, from inflammatory memes to misleading headlines, misinformation has swiftly become the defining problem of our era. The crisis threatens the integrity of our democracies, our ability to cultivate trusting relationships, even our physical and psychological well-being—yet most attempts to combat it have proven insufficient. With remarkable clarity, Sander van der Linden explains why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation.

How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others affect us? Are viewers inured - or incited - to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Susan Sontag here takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity - from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of Blacks in the South, and the Nazi death camps, and to more contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Israel, and Palestine, as well as New York City on September 11, 2001.

David Sedgwick’s latest book takes the listener on a disturbing journey deep into the realms of mistruth and deception to reveal, for the very first time, the many tricks and subterfuges used by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Every time we engage with BBC content, the author argues, we are exposing ourselves to a very dark art: the art of brainwashing. Wilful, deceitful and incessant, Orwellian parallels define the modern corporation and should chill the soul of all who cherish freedom and liberty. Mind control is here. This is not fiction.

What exactly is the purpose of the BBC nowadays—to entertain, educate and inform? But is that all? The broadcaster itself claims to be a fearless and independent provider of news tasked with "speaking truth to power"—a true champion of the underdog. However, as David Sedgwick reveals in his new book, the reality is somewhat different: not only does the BBC diligently protect power from scrutiny, it attacks and attempts to discredit those who dare to challenge the status quo.

In Survival of the Richest, Rushkoff traces the origins of The Mindset in science and technology through its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, AI futurism, and the metaverse. In a dozen urgent, electrifying chapters, he confronts tech utopianism, the datafication of all human interaction, and the exploitation of that data by corporations. Through fascinating characters, Rushkoff explains why those with the most power to change our current trajectory have no interest in doing so.

Cary Poarch started working at CNN in the summer of 2017 as a die-hard Bernie Sanders supporter. But on his first location shoot during the Charlottesville riots, he quickly became disillusioned with how the network created the “fine people” hoax. This began a political odyssey as he documented numerous incidents of outright bias, eventually leading him to contact James O’Keefe of Project Veritas. For months, Cary Poarch documented CNN’s rampant political bias for Project Veritas, and saw how the network was dividing the country.

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.