{"product_id":"screen-people","title":"Screen People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Incisive' - \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eGIRL ON GIRL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning staff writer for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eScreen People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether 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. \u003ci\u003eScreen People\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when we cede our reality to spectacle and explains how today's internet-inflected culture incentivises us to see one another as characters in a show, and how some of our most chronic and harmful social conditions - loneliness, depression, mistrust, misinformation and cynicism - stem from our demand for diversion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ten chapters, each themed around an element of entertainment Garber argues that this comedy of our daily lives is quickly becoming tragedy. And we can't understand our politics without first understanding our culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScreen People\u003c\/i\u003e shows why Garber is one of the most respected and widely read journalists of our day. This book is an urgent, dazzling look at how we entertained ourselves into our current predicament and shows how we might find our way out of the chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414672716120,"sku":"9781035430451","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035430451_5780da56-c92d-4d27-b3f3-f0750fc8ba06.jpg?v=1778308274","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/screen-people","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}