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Previously Published as A Field Guide to Lies We’re surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Abundance comes a groundbreaking and entertaining investigation into what makes a hit a hit–from films and music to art and design. “Enthralling—full of 'aha' moments about why some ideas soar and others never get off the ground. This...

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.

In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively.

What if cannabis wasn't discovered? What if it was placed here? The endocannabinoid system—the receptor architecture in your brain that THC plugs into—is 600 million years old. Cannabis is 27 million years old. The system it fits is 575 million years older than the plant that fits it. And the only living creatures completely immune to THC are insects. Someone designed this. And it wasn't us. Weed A Minute...

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedln sono ormai termini entrati nel lessico quotidiano e sempre più spesso capita di sentire persone che ci chiedono se abbiamo una pagina su Facebook o se siamo iscritti a questo o quel gruppo. I social network sono dunque una moda o qualcosa di duraturo? Se non sono una moda, che effetti hanno sulle nostre modalità di relazione? Sono utili o costituiscono una perdita di tempo? Questo volume affronta il fenomeno dei social network: come sono nati e come si sono evoluti, quali effetti hanno prodotto sulle relazioni e sull'identità delle persone.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Airhead, written and read by Emily Maitlis. As anchor for the BBC's key political news programme, Newsnight, Emily Maitlis has interviewed some of the most powerful and controversial figures on the political scene. She plans each interview meticulously...

You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this...

Fully updated and revised, the third edition of Media Studies: The Basics is the ideal guide to the changing landscape of media and Media Studies. There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of...

From fringe conspiracy theories to 'alternative facts', a timely look at how we arrived in the 'fake news' era. Would your younger self believe the news of today? An entire city block blown up by a suicide bomber on Christmas Day because he believed phone towers spread disease. A Representative...

BEKVÄM SLÅR RÄDD. Digitaliseringen skulle bli en demokratisk guldålder. Men vi var inte redo. I stället offrade vi det mesta som gör oss till självständiga individer för att få ha det bekvämt. I dag kontrollerar en handfull techjättar allt från vår identitet till våra pengar...

Självstyra 5 principer för snabb förändring och livslångt lärande Sätt dig i förarsätet! Upptäck fördelen med att leva ett medvetet liv där det är du som styr, inte omvärldens förväntningar. Dessa fem principer för att självstyra är relevanta för vem du än är i världen och...

Hur blev det viktigare att ”göra rätt” – än att skapa värde? Det här är en bok om det mänskliga omdömets revansch. En frustrerad uppgörelse med en övertro på mätetal, processer och riktlinjer. Där människor inte får, vill eller vågar göra vad som krävs i ögonblicket –...

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One day we logged on to the internet, and then we never logged out. On 15 August 1995, India officially logged on to the internet. If you’re a young Indian today, you come from a generation that used to dream of the endless possibilities that came with having the world at our fingertips, and...

From Australia's leading voice on parenting comes the first comprehensive guide to raising kids in the age of AI, social media and digital life. We want our kids to grow up valuing themselves and to become confident, kind and curious individuals. The reality is that smartphones and screens now...

La historia del auge y la caída de Interviú, una revista consagrada al erotismo, la provocación y la denuncia política Durante décadas, Interviú fue sinónimo de escándalo y de periodismo valiente. En sus páginas convivieron el destape y los sucesos más crudos, las firmas más...

A gripping behind-the-scenes account of one of the most influential news programs in American history, featuring a foreword by veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, whose recent dismissal from CBS News has renewed national attention on the fight for journalistic integrity and preserving...

Wir beobachten Stars. Ihre Erfolge. Ihre Abstürze. Ihre Wiederauferstehungen. Wir beneiden und bemitleiden, supporten oder canceln, scrollen durch Kommentarspalten oder blättern durch Klatschmagazine. Dabei vergessen wir oft, dass Stars nicht im luftleeren Raum existieren. Sie sind nicht einfach nur talentiert, sondern werden geschaffen von PR-Strategen, Stylisten, mächtigen Hintermännern – und uns. Gizem Celik entschlüsselt das System dahinter. Was steckt hinter den Schlagzeilen? Wer profitiert? Und was sagt das über unsere Gesellschaft aus?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Streampunks by Robert Kyncl and Maany Peyvan, read by Stephen Graybill. Across the planet, humans spend more of their free time watching video than doing anything else. But increasingly it’s not TV they're watching, but online video. In 2016...