Screen People by Megan Garber - 9781035430468

Headline Publishing Group

Screen PeopleHow We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency\nAuthor(s): Megan Garber\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wildfire\nISBN-13: 9781035430468, 978-1035430468\nSynopsis\n'Incisive' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\n\n'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity '\nSOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL\n_______\n\nFrom an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as characters in ongoing entertainment - and how we can fight back\n\nWhether it's our expertly curated Instagram feeds or the reality-television-star US President, the line between what's real and what's fabricated for entertainment has never been more blurred. Screen People explores what happens when we cede our reality to spectacle and explains how today's internet-inflected culture in.