Description
About the Author
Pierre Bourdieu was professor of sociology at the College de France and Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en science sociales.
Reviews
"This unremitting assault on the impact and pretensions of television demolishes conventional arguments."
Times Literary Supplement
"Bourdieu not only presents a damming portrait of television as a domain of instant experts - les 'fast thinkers' - dedicated to the production of sensationalism and historical amnesia, he explains why this is so. Anyone who is seriously interested in journalism must read this book."
Katha Pollitt, The Nation
"As television became normal, so did its systematic corruption. This indispensable polemic, a little marvel of compression, is both a passionate call to resistance and a convincing account of its difficulties."
Todd Gitlin, Columbia University
Book Information
ISBN 9780745652160
Author Pierre Bourdieu
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 141mm * 9mm