具体描述
The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?
We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories—including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal—and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?
In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
作者简介
Alain de Botton is the author of nonfiction works on subjects ranging from love and travel to architecture and philosophy. His best-selling books include How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Travel and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com) and Living Architecture (www.living-architecture.co.uk).
目录信息
I. Preface
II. Politics
III. World News
IV. Economics
V. Celebrity
VI. Disaster
VII. Consumption
VIII. Conclusion
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读后感
文/俞耕耘 在新闻如空气无所不在，成为我们呼吸与生存的当下，思考这一平淡寻常的习惯活动显得似乎小题大做、莫名其妙。然而，它却包含着社会的密码、生存的技术与权力的运作。德波顿这一才子作家，将目光投向新闻，的确不失为又一次“观念的历险”。 《新闻的骚动》看似如闲...
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评分互联网的普及引发了4.0版的工业革命，也颠覆了整个新闻业态。它带来活泼生气和多样性，也纵容新媒体培养出一群任性的信息发布者，和一群被宠坏的受众—兴奋点越来越高、耐心越来越少，而这样的新闻消费者又推动着新媒体继续增速和增量，采取旁门左道博取眼球。于是，标题党欺行...
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用户评价
I had a really hard time getting into the book. 真的读不进去，放飞自己吧。读不完只能算没缘分
评分感觉看个新闻好累
评分I can see why some readers don't like him, but Alain de Botton's advice is invaluable.
评分对每日摄入的信息稍有挑剔和反思的读者，应该不会觉得书中的批判多刺激。但才子的文笔实在太~好~了~午休时钻到楼下书店零散读几章，成了每天最期待的事情。//于是在local同事眼中更奇怪了//Dymocks已经撤出IFC了，Metrobooks你可要挺住啊!
评分I had a really hard time getting into the book. 真的读不进去，放飞自己吧。读不完只能算没缘分
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