Media Studies Politics

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    • Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
    • By: Anasazi Foundation
    • Narrated by: Jim Ferrell
    • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 127 ratings
    • This poetic and evocative audiobook, drawing on the personal experiences of Good Buffalo Eagle, presents the meditations of an ancient Anasazi tribesman....

    Regular price: $15.46

    • How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect
    • By: Mick West
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 363 ratings
    • Author Mick West shares over a decade's worth of knowledge and experience investigating and debunking false conspiracy theories through his forum, MetaBunk.org, and sets forth a practical guide to helping friends and loved ones recognize these theories for what they really are....

    Regular price: $17.16

    • By: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • The question of our time: Can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? This author says yes....

    Regular price: $25.78

    • The Formation of Men’s Attitudes
    • By: Jacques Ellul
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • From one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach but a sociological approach as well, Jacques Ellul outlines the taxonomy for propaganda and, ultimately, its destructive nature....

    Regular price: $16.07

    • A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
    • By: Daniel J. Boorstin, Douglas Rushkoff - afterword
    • Narrated by: Timothy Danko
    • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events" - events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported....

    Regular price: $19.74

    • Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
    • By: Matt Taibbi
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,191 ratings
    • Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Inc. reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • Identity After Authenticity
    • By: Hans-Georg Moeller, Paul J. D'Ambrosio
    • Narrated by: James Romick
    • Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • We present ourselves and encounter others through profiles. This book argues that the profile marks an epochal shift in our concept of identity and demonstrates why that matters....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • Paging Through History
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman
    • Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 400 ratings
    • A definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
    • By: Michael Shermer, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Michael Shermer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,155 ratings
    • The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, entertaining stories in movies, books, and television. And there is no shortage of subjects: from who really killed JFK to the truth behind 9/11...

    Regular price: $20.00

    • The Weaponization of Social Media
    • By: P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking
    • Narrated by: George Guidall
    • Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-02-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 970 ratings
    • Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the Internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the Internet....

    Regular price: $21.49

    • How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America
    • By: David Pakman
    • Narrated by: David Pakman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 338 ratings
    • Popular radio and podcast host David Pakman examines how right-wing extremism has led to the fall of critical thinking and rise of reactionary politics—and what we can do about it to save our democracy.

    Regular price: $21.84

    • The Media, the Left, and the Death of George Floyd
    • By: Liz Collin
    • Narrated by: Liz Collin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 148 ratings
    • Award-winning investigative journalist Liz Collin sets the record straight. She uncovers what really happened on a street in Minneapolis that set off the riots, the demands to defund the police, and the skyrocketing crime across the country....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
    • By: James Oakes
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • The consensus view of the Civil War - that it was first and foremost a war to restore the Union, and an antislavery war only later when it became necessary for Union victory - dies here....

    Regular price: $34.38

    • Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
    • By: Jonathan Haidt
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
    • Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 07-23-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12,793 ratings
    • In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding....

    Regular price: $25.00

    • The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    • By: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,119 ratings
    • Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that the news media defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society....

    Regular price: $17.62

    • The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
    • By: Martin Jacques
    • Narrated by: Scott Peterson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 226 ratings
    • According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027....

    Regular price: $30.08

    • The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
    • By: Chris Hedges
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 303 ratings
    • We now live in two Americas. One - now the minority - functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other - the majority - is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
    • By: Margaret J. Wheatley
    • Narrated by: Margaret J. Wheatley
    • Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 07-18-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • Margaret Wheatley proposes that citizens band together with their colleagues and friends to create the solutions for social change....

    Regular price: $17.18

    • The Truth About AI from the People Building It
    • By: Martin Ford
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....

    Regular price: $25.79

    • 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America
    • By: Karen Arrington
    • Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 158 ratings
    • Channel your Black-girl magic: If you're feeling stuck or trapped by other people's expectations of what you can achieve, it's time to stop playing small and start redefining what success can mean for you....

    Regular price: $11.17