A visionary and opinionated work of graphic nonfiction on the media and its discontents.Nearly one million weekly listeners trust NPR's Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the distortions and complexities of the modern media. This brilliant radio personality now bursts onto the page as an illustrated character in vivid comics drawn by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld. The cartoon of Brooke conducts the reader through two millennia of history-from the newspapers in Caesar's Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution and the manipulations of contemporary journalism. Gladstone's manifesto debunks the notion that "The Media" is an external force, outside of our control, since we've begun directly constructing, filtering, and responding to what we watch and read. With fascinating digressions, sobering anecdotes, and brave analytical wit, The Influencing Machine equips us to be smart, savvy, informed consumers and shapers of the media. It shows that we have me

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

Gladstone, Brooke

Neufeld, Josh

Reference

W.W.Norton&Company

"Mind-opening, thought-provoking and incredibly timely… An absolutely spectacular read."―Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing A million listeners trust NPR's Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion that "The Media" is an external force beyond our control and equipping us to be savvy consumers and shapers of the news. two-color illustrations

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Product Description 
New York Times Bestseller With a New Afterword “A comic book with zest and brains―one that just might help a reader understand the brave new world.” ―The New Yorker 
A million listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion that “The Media” is an external force beyond our control and equipping us to be savvy consumers and shapers of the news. An invaluable introduction to how the media works from one of the acknowledged masters of the industry, this tenth anniversary edition brings the story up to date, with new illustrations and an afterword that offers a deep examination of the rise of social media and the public’s responsibility in a time of division and disinformation. 2 illustrations 
 Review 
"[A] masterpiece." 
 ― 
The Atlantic\n"Like Malcolm Gladwell or Michael Lewis or Michael Pollan, Brooke somehow takes a subject most of us don’t give a damn about and makes it completely entertaining." 
 ― 
Ira Glass, host of This American Life\n"Brooke Gladstone’s text and Josh Neufeld’s images illuminate one another with crackling wit and intelligence." 
 ― 
Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home\n"A first-rate comics manifesto. 
The Influencing Machine has influenced me to think much more deeply about the media landscape we live in." 
 ― 
Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics\n"A great book." 
 ― 
Stephen Colbert\n"It’s easy to imagine 
The Influencing Machine becoming mandatory reading in journalism classes around the country." 
 ― 
Philadelphia Inquirer 
 About the Author 
Brooke Gladstone is the host of NPR’s 
On the Media and former senior editor of 
All Things Considered. She has won numerous awards for her work including two Peabody Awards and a National Press Club Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\nJosh Neufeld is the author of the 
New York Times bestseller 
A. D.: New Orleans After the Deluge and 
A Few Perfect Hours. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Every week on the public radio show On the Media, the award-winning journalist Brooke Gladstone analyzes the media and how it shapes our perceptions of the world. Now, from her front-row perch on the day’s events, Gladstone brings her genius for making insightful, unexpected connections to help us understand what she calls—and what so many of us can acknowledge having—“trouble with reality.” Reality, as she shows us, was never what we thought it was—there is always a bubble, people are always subjective and prey to stereotypes. And that makes reality actually more vulnerable than we ever thought. Enter Donald J. Trump and his team of advisors. For them, as she writes, lying is the point. The more blatant the lie, the easier it is to hijack reality and assert power over the truth. Drawing on writers as diverse as Hannah Arendt, Walter Lippmann, Philip K. Dick, and Jonathan Swift, she dissects this strategy, straight out of the authoritarian playbook, and shows how the Trump team mastered it, down to the five types of tweets that Trump uses to distort our notions of what’s real and what’s not. And she offers hope. There is meaningful action, a time-tested treatment for moral panic. And there is also the inevitable reckoning. History tells us we can count on it. Brief and bracing, The Trouble with Reality shows exactly why so many of us didn’t see it coming, and how we can recover both our belief in reality—and our sanity.

The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Workman Publishing Company

La Machine à influencer: Une histoire des médias

CA ET LA

Der Beeinflussungsapparat: Wie Massenmedien funktionieren, wie sie unsere Gesellschaft manipulieren und wie wir dazu beitragen

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

CORRECTIV Recherchen

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Gladstone, Brooke. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Gladstone, Brooke