Here is another book that I copped from the Strand Bookstore. I'm excited to read through this text, I hope that it is good. -YG (@youngglobal)
A provocative, eye-opening look at the way media shapes every aspect of our lives.
Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about the media, along comes a book that transcends the conventional wisdom with an original vision, one that unites our most intimate personal concerns with far-reaching historical trends in an accessible way. From Princess Diana's funeral to the prospect of mass terror, from oral sex in the Oval Office to cowboy politics in distant lands, from high school cliques to marital therapy, from hip-hop nation to climbing Mt. Everest, from blogs to reality TV to the Weather Channel, Mediated takes us on a tour of every department of our media-saturated society. And at every turn we see ourselves as we are, immersed in options, surrounded by representations, driven to unprecedented levels of self-consciousness-and obliged by these circumstances to transform our very lives into performances.
Sophisticated, satirical, sometimes searing, ultimately forgiving, Mediated tackles everything we take for granted and reintroduces us to it all as if for the first time. You'll laugh, you'll squirm, you'll agree, you'll object-but you'll find more Aha! moments packed into fewer pages than you've ever come across before.
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Just picked up a couple new books while @ the Strand. Seems like both books will be some interesting reading. -YG (@youngglobal)
The life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his care. He was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. In his masterful biography, Huxley explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics.
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We’re looking for writers who have a passion for culture. Specifically, if you’re have a sense what’s new, next and exciting when it comes to forward-looking, global black culture, then Bold As Love Magazine can be your platform. We’re solid on music, but would like to add a focus on areas such as visual art, literature, theater, film. Also open to profiling the generation next of tech & business.
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February 2012 marks our 5th year. We started with a tight focus on black rock, afropunk and other black alternative music. This year, we produced the first Festival of the New Black Imagination (nbifestival.org). As a result, we are in the process of expanding the scope of Bold As Love Magazine to match that of the Festival and its vision.
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This will be one of my first reads for 2012. – YG (@youngglobal)
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Originally published in 1957 and now back in print to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary,
The Hidden Persuaders is Vance Packard’s pioneering and prescient work revealing how advertisers use psychological methods to tap into our unconscious desires in order to "persuade" us to buy the products they are selling.
A classic examination of how our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by business, media and politicians, The Hidden Persuaders was the first book to expose the hidden world of “motivation research,” the psychological technique that advertisers use to probe our minds in order to control our actions as consumers. Through analysis of products, political campaigns and television programs of the 1950s, Packard shows how the insidious manipulation practices that have come to dominate today’s corporate-driven world began. Featuring an introduction by Mark Crispin Miller, The Hidden Persuaders has sold over one million copies, and forever changed the way we look at the world of advertising.
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S/O to CW for suggesting this book. As we begin to close out 2011, many of use are in a reflective mood pointing our mind and energy towards how we will make 2012 an amazing year. One of the key issues that hampers many of us from reaching our fullest potential is FEAR. This could be fail of failure, success, etc. I picked up this book yesterday with the hopes of discovering some tools that will enable me to unlock the mysteries that FEAR presents w/ the intent of opening up a new world of opportunities and possibilities in 2012 and beyond. So far I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read and thought it would be prudent to share this book with you. Check it out. -YG (@youngglobal)
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LOCATION: The New York Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd St., Berger Forum (2nd Floor)
DATE: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
TIME: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (doors open at 5:30)
Event site link here! This event is free and open to the public. Contact below for questions or any more information.
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