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'An authoritative guide to improving your media literacy' The Big Issue
The modern media is breaking.
Now, more than ever, the media is crucial in shaping what we know about the world around us. So what happens when this vital part of our society fails in its basic role and how can we even begin to understand the mess it's in?
From those who own the news and the battle for balance at the BBC, to the intricacies of political journalism and the trade's ethics, the modern media is as complex as it is flawed. Through personal experience of the newsrooms and insider interviews, journalist Mic Wright strips the engine of information, entertainment and propaganda back to its constituent parts and lays it bare. In this revealing deep-dive, Breaking shows how our news media works and, ultimately, how it doesn't.
With his frank and comprehensive analysis, Mic equips the reader with the tools to better interrogate our media, separating the fair from the ethically dubious, the truths from the half-truths . . . and the down-right lies. Mic Wright is a reporter, journalist, and media critic from Norwich. After studying at Cambridge - the first in his family to attend any university - he started out on Pensions World magazine before moving to Stuff, the music magazine Q, The Daily Telegraph, and The Times and Sunday Times. His work has appeared in every national newspaper besides The Daily Mail (and Daily Sport). He writes the media criticism newsletter Conquest of the Useless and has appeared on national and international broadcast platforms including the BBC, Sky News, CNN and Al Jazeera. After living in Dublin and London, he now lives in Norwich again with his wife and step-daughter.
Mic writes a newsletter that analyses the British media which has around 7,000 subscribers. A manual for understanding the media; revealing the nuts and bolts of the media machine which impacts our lives every day. There has always been interest in a behind-the-curtain view of the establishment and Breaking will tap into this, offering the reader a chance to easily understand the world of the media. From the people who own media outlets, to how the news is portrayed, its flaws to its future - this is a tell-all account of how the modern media functions. The influence of the media is a subject which is continually being discussed and has ramifications on both our political and cultural landscape. The author has worked as a journalist for a number of publications and so not only has the insider's view, but also has good contacts within the industry. We would hope for quotes from the likes of James O'brien.
'An authoritative guide to improving your media literacy' The Big Issue
The modern media is breaking.
Now, more than ever, the media is crucial in shaping what we know about the world around us. So what happens when this vital part of our society fails in its basic role and how can we even begin to understand the mess it's in?
From those who own the news and the battle for balance at the BBC, to the intricacies of political journalism and the trade's ethics, the modern media is as complex as it is flawed. Through personal experience of the newsrooms and insider interviews, journalist Mic Wright strips the engine of information, entertainment and propaganda back to its constituent parts and lays it bare. In this revealing deep-dive, Breaking shows how our news media works and, ultimately, how it doesn't.
With his frank and comprehensive analysis, Mic equips the reader with the tools to better interrogate our media, separating the fair from the ethically dubious, the truths from the half-truths . . . and the down-right lies. Mic Wright is a reporter, journalist, and media critic from Norwich. After studying at Cambridge - the first in his family to attend any university - he started out on Pensions World magazine before moving to Stuff, the music magazine Q, The Daily Telegraph, and The Times and Sunday Times. His work has appeared in every national newspaper besides The Daily Mail (and Daily Sport). He writes the media criticism newsletter Conquest of the Useless and has appeared on national and international broadcast platforms including the BBC, Sky News, CNN and Al Jazeera. After living in Dublin and London, he now lives in Norwich again with his wife and step-daughter.
Mic writes a newsletter that analyses the British media which has around 7,000 subscribers. A manual for understanding the media; revealing the nuts and bolts of the media machine which impacts our lives every day. There has always been interest in a behind-the-curtain view of the establishment and Breaking will tap into this, offering the reader a chance to easily understand the world of the media. From the people who own media outlets, to how the news is portrayed, its flaws to its future - this is a tell-all account of how the modern media functions. The influence of the media is a subject which is continually being discussed and has ramifications on both our political and cultural landscape. The author has worked as a journalist for a number of publications and so not only has the insider's view, but also has good contacts within the industry. We would hope for quotes from the likes of James O'brien.