Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It
In this utterly original look at our modern "culture of performance," de Zengotita shows how media are creating self-reflective environments, custom made for each of us. From Princess Diana's funeral to the prospect of mass terror, from oral sex in the Oval Office to cowboy politics in distant lands, from high school cliques to marital therapy, from blogs to reality TV to the Weather Channel, Mediated takes us on an original and astonishing tour of every department of our media-saturated...
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In this utterly original look at our modern "culture of performance," de Zengotita shows how media are creating self-reflective environments, custom made for each of us. From Princess Diana's funeral to the prospect of mass terror, from oral sex in the Oval Office to cowboy politics in distant lands, from high school cliques to marital therapy, from blogs to reality TV to the Weather Channel, Mediated takes us on an original and astonishing tour of every department of our media-saturated society. The implications are personal and far-reaching at the same time. Washington Post "A fine roar of a lecture about how the American mind is shaped by (too much) media...."
PrefaceixIntroduction: Method Acting1Chapter 1Learning to Love the Blob13Chapter 2The Cult of the Child33Chapter 3Twilight of the Heroes81Chapter 4Identity Politics129Chapter 5Busy, Busy175Chapter 6The Fate of Nature209Chapter 7Jedermensch ein Ubermensch249Coda: Terror279
\ O magazine"Reading Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated is like spending time with a wild, wired friend-the kind who keeps you up late and lures you outside of your comfort zone with a speed rap full of brilliant notions."\ \ \ \ \ \ Washington Post"A fine roar of a lecture about how the American mind is shaped by (too much) media....\ \ \ Brian Lehrer"One of the best books I've ever read about the media.\ \ \ \ \ O Magazine"Reading Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated is like spending time with a wild, wired friend—the kind who keeps you up late and lures you outside of your comfort zone with a speed rap full of brilliant notions.\ \ \ \ \ Washington Post"A fine roar of a lecture about how the American mind is shaped by (too much) media...."\ \ \
