Ebook {Epub PDF} The News: A Users Manual by Alain de Botton

6 rows ·  · The News: A User’s Manual is an insightful analysis of the impact of the incessant news machine Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.  · A fascinating take on the modern news industry, The News: A User's Manual is Alain de Botton's latest success in applying philosophy to every day life in the time in which we now live. Taking inspiration from the term check the news, the aim for the author is to create 'an exercise in trying to make this ubiquitous and familiar habit seem a lot weirder and rather more hazardous than it does at /5. 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.(With black-and-white illustrations throughout.)/5(2).

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. In The News: A User's Manual, British author Alain de Botton analyzes the current crisis, attempting to help media customers (that's everyone) use the news more effectively and providing some thoughtful suggestions for those who "create" the news that we all rely on. The News: A User's Manual. Alain de Botton. Penguin Books Limited, Feb 6, - Philosophy - pages.

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. 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 m. Despite the subtitle, what the book actually is, is an analysis of what the news is doing (broken into sections on politics, world news, economics, celebrities, disasters and consumption), how it is covering all these topics wrong, and how it could be doing it better. So more of a “News Creator’s Guide” than a “User’s Manual.”.