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ISBN
1783527226
EAN
9781783527229
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Publisher
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ISBN-10
1783527226
ISBN-13
9781783527229
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
You Are What You Read : Why Changing Your Media Diet Can Change the World
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Psychology
Author
Jodie Jackson
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.6 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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The subject of media consumption is more timely than ever in the era of fake news and social media burnout. Jodie Jackson is an expert on the psychological and social impact of the news, speaking regularly at media conferences and universities. The book was supported at the crowdfunding stage by influential voices in the field: Steven Pinker, Ola Rosling (author of Factfulness and co-founder of Gapminder), David Bordstein (co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network), Jean Philip De Tender (Director Media at the European Broadcast Association) among others. For fans of Factfulness by Hans Rosling, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley. The author will be available for events around publication.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
302.23019
Synopsis
Campaigner and researcher Jackson helps readers understand how the current 24-hour news cycle is produced. Combining the latest research from psychology, sociology and the media, she builds a powerful case for including solutions in the news narrative as an antidote to the negativity bias., Do you ever feel overwhelmed andpowerless after watching the news? Does it make you feel sad about the world, without muchhope for its future? Take a breath - the world is not as bad as theheadlines would have you believe. In You Are What You Read , campaigner andresearcher Jodie Jackson helps us understand how our current twenty-four-hour news cycleis produced, who decides what stories are selected, why the news is mostlynegative and what effect this has on us as individuals and as a society. Combiningthe latest research from psychology, sociology and the media, she builds a powerfulcase for including solutions into our news narrative as an antidote to the negativitybias. You Are What You Read is not just a book, it is a manifesto for amovement: it is not a call for us to ignore thenegative but rather a call to not ignorethe positive. It asks us to change the way we consume the news and shows us how,through our choices, we have the power to improve our media diet, our mentalhealth and just possibly the world., Do you ever feel overwhelmed and powerless after watching the news? Does it make you feel sad about the world, without much hope for its future? Take a breath - the world is not as bad as the headlines would have you believe. In You Are What You Read , campaigner and researcher Jodie Jackson helps us understand how our current twenty-four-hour news cycle is produced, who decides what stories are selected, why the news is mostly negative and what effect this has on us as individuals and as a society. Combining the latest research from psychology, sociology and the media, she builds a powerful case for including solutions into our news narrative as an antidote to the negativity bias. You Are What You Read is not just a book, it is a manifesto for a movement: it is not a call for us to ignore the negative but rather a call to not ignore the positive. It asks us to change the way we consume the news and shows us how, through our choices, we have the power to improve our media diet, our mental health and just possibly the world.

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