{"product_id":"the-age-of-missing-information-paperback","title":"The Age of Missing Information - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Highly personal and original . . . McKibben goes beyond Marshall McLuhan's theory that the medium is the message.\"\u003cbr\u003e----\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine watching an entire day's worth of television on every single channel. Acclaimed environmental writer and culture critic Bill McKibben subjected himself to this sensory overload in an experiment to verify whether we are truly better informed than previous generations. Bombarded with newscasts and fluff pieces, game shows and talk shows, ads and infomercials, televangelist pleas and Brady Bunch episodes, McKibben processed twenty-four hours of programming on all ninety-three Fairfax, Virginia, cable stations. Then, as a counterpoint, he spent a day atop a quiet and remote mountain in the Adirondacks, exploring the unmediated man and making small yet vital discoveries about himself and the world around him. As relevant now as it was when originally written in 1992-and with new material from the author on the impact of the Internet age-this witty and astute book is certain to change the way you look at television and perceive media as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"By turns humorous, wise, and troubling . . . a penetrating critique of technological society.\"-\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterful . . . a unique, bizarre portrait of our life and times.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Do yourself a favor: Put down the remote and pick up this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeep Economy\u003c\/i\u003e. A former staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, he writes often for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, a global-warming awareness campaign that in October 2009 coordinated what CNN called \"the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history.\" He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.98 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758597832992,"sku":"9780812976076","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b0ca314f4a18e738d7bc7844f382a7ae_9919368c-55c8-4114-bee5-a332463b3395.webp?v=1780130138","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-age-of-missing-information-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}