Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds

'Fake news' has become an obsessional catchphrase and a worldwide fear. Yet few of us realize that...
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Author: John Zada
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Language: English
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Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds by Zada, John

Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds

€22,29

Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds

€22,29
Author: John Zada
Format: Paperback
Language: English

'Fake news' has become an obsessional catchphrase and a worldwide fear. Yet few of us realize that shades of falsehood have always run through the mainstream news media. As news organizations double-down in their efforts to shock and entertain, more people than ever before are tuning-out, disillusioned by an overly-negative and manipulative news cycle.


In Veils of Distortion, John Zada draws on two decades of journalism experience to explain how and why the news has become broken.


By depicting our world through a tiny sample of dramas that are often far-removed from our experiences, the news warps our picture of reality. What we see is not the world that actually is, but a caricature of it: a simplistic two-toned realm in which dangers and conflicts lurk around every corner. The societal angst that results can make the news a self-fulfilling prophecy, and can turn our minds into prisons of blinkered thought.


Zada walks us through the newsroom and reveals these distorting 'veils.' He offers suggestions on how to help mitigate the effects of this coarse infotainment, which, if left unchecked will continue to dumb-down and polarize our society, causing it to further unravel.




Author: John Zada
Publisher: Terra Incognita Press
Published: 02/22/2021
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781777357108

About the Author
Zada, John: - John Zada is a writer, photographer and journalist who has worked as a television news writer and producer for both CBC News Network and Al Jazeera English. He is also the author of the book 'In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch.' His articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Explore, CBC, Al Jazeera, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. John lives in Toronto, Canada.

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