The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media by Gawker Media Atria Books (2 October 2007) Amazon Gawker Media was an independent media company and blog network, spanning several sites. Founded in 2002, it was the largest independent media organisation in the world, prior to its bankruptcy in 2016. The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media … Continue reading The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media
Guarded
"It's time you realised that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet." -Marcus Aurelius "Guarded" was a promotional single from Disturbed's third album, Ten Thousand Fists. More of a teaser than a proper single, it was released on 28 June … Continue reading Guarded
Manufacturing the News
Manufacturing the News by Mark Fishman University of Texas Press (1 May 1980) Amazon To say that the news is a little bit biased might just be the understatement to end all understatements. The question is how that bias is formed. In Manufacturing the News, Mark Fishman takes a look at the methodology of news … Continue reading Manufacturing the News
Between Fact and Fiction
Between Fact and Fiction: The Problem of Journalism by Edward J. Epstein Vintage (12 October 1975) Amazon Edward J. Epstein always did an excellent job at explaining the business structure behind the news, and Between Fact and Fiction definitely lives up to this. The text focuses on the negative relationship between journalism and truth. Between … Continue reading Between Fact and Fiction
Right Here
"Let's be kind to one another. We're just wicked people living among wicked people. Only one thing can give us peace, and that's a pact of mutual leniency." -Seneca The term "nu-metal" has always been a misnomer to me, since it's often used to lump in a bunch of bands that really have nothing in … Continue reading Right Here
News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere: Television and the News by Edward J. Epstein Fodor's Travel Publications (12 March 1974) Amazon I am a big fan of Edward J. Epstein's work, News from Nowhere being chief among them. No media-literacy reading list could be complete without at least a couple of his books. Those who have read Trust … Continue reading News from Nowhere
It’s Not News, It’s Fark
It's Not News, It's Fark: Now Mainstream Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News by Drew Curtis Avery (29 May 2008) Amazon I used to love Fark.com back in the day, and I'm glad it's still around. One of the biggest news aggregators out there, it gave founder Drew Curtis enough material to write … Continue reading It’s Not News, It’s Fark
Bennett’s New York Herald and the Rise of the Popular Press
Bennett's New York Herald and the Rise of the Popular Press by James L. Crouthamel Syracuse University Press (30 September 2018) Amazon James Gorden Bennett's New York Herald was NY's first cheap, popular, mass-circulation paper, and in this text, James L. Crouthamel examines the ways in which it covered the news. It's not a comprehensive … Continue reading Bennett’s New York Herald and the Rise of the Popular Press
The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
"When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." -Neil … Continue reading The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)
With Teeth
"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." -Marcus Aurelius "The Hand That Feeds" did well on radio, and anticipation for the new Nine Inch Nails album was high. With Teeth was released on 3 May 2005, marking a welcome return to form for many fans. Fronted … Continue reading With Teeth
Lawrence Deveney 