Cultural Studies
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Updated Edition
Paperback
New York Times Bestseller
With a New Afterword
“A comic book with zest and brains—one that just might help a reader understand the brave new world.” —The New Yorker
Appropriate: A Provocation
Paperback
A timely, nuanced work that dissects the thorny debate around cultural appropriation and the literary imagination.
The Season: A Social History of the Debutante
Paperback
“...Kristen Richardson’s sharp account of how the season evolved... is a more absorbing story than any period drama.”—Financial Times
Audience of One: Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
Paperback
Using television Audience of One reframes America through the rattled mind of a septuagenarian, insomniac, cable-news-junkie president.
How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information
Paperback
A leading data visualisation expert explores the negative—and positive-influences that charts have on our perception of truth