| What Orwell Didn't Know Contributor(s): Szanto, Andras (Author) |
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ISBN: 1586485601 ISBN-13: 9781586485603 Publisher: PublicAffairs OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: To celebrate the 60th anniversary of George Orwells classic essay on propaganda, "Politics and the English Language," this collection contains essays from writers who explore what Orwell didnt--or couldnt--know, from the effects of television and computers to the merger of journalism and entertainment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Essays - Social Science | Media Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
| Dewey: 303.375 |
| LCCN: 2007036728 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.59" W x 8.32" (0.67 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Propaganda. Manipulation. Spin. Control. It has ever been thus -- or has it? On the eve of the 60th anniversary of George Orwell's classic essay on propaganda (Politics and the English Language), writers have been invited to explore what Orwell didn't -- or couldn't -- know. Their responses, framed in pithy, focused essays, range far and wide: from the effect of television and computing, to the vast expansion of knowledge about how our brains respond to symbolic messages, to the merger of journalism and entertainment, to lessons learned during and after a half-century of totalitarianism. Together, they paint a portrait of a political culture in which propaganda and mind control are alive and well (albeit in forms and places that would have surprised Orwell). The pieces in this anthology sound alarm bells about the manipulation and misinformation in today's politics, and offer guideposts for a journalism attuned to Orwellian tendencies in the 21st century. |