Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer

Informationen zum Autor An award-winning author! journalist! broadcaster! and documentarian! Peter Laufer has written more than a dozen books! including "Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq!" "Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling!" and "The Dangerous World of Butterflies." He reported for NBC and CBS radio around the world! and wrote and produced several documentaries as an NBC news correspondent! winning the George Polk Award for his study of Americans incarcerated overseas. He is the James Wallace Chair in the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Klappentext With this provocative and concise book, journalist Peter Laufer launches a Slow News movement, inviting us to question the value of the perpetual empty-calorie news that accompanies our daily lives. Slow News examines the nature of news in the context of the increasingly frenetic pace of modern life. Taking a cue from the slow food movement, Laufer suggests that we step back from the constant barrage of instant news to consider news thoughtfully and thoroughly. Zusammenfassung Heavily revised and updated translation of the Italian original.

Autorentext
An award-winning author, journalist, broadcaster, and documentarian, Peter Laufer has written more than a dozen books, including Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq, Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling, and The Dangerous World of Butterflies. He reported for NBC and CBS radio around the world, and wrote and produced several documentaries as an NBC news correspondent, winning the George Polk Award for his study of Americans incarcerated overseas. He is the James Wallace Chair in the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Oregon in Eugene.


Klappentext
With this provocative and concise book, journalist Peter Laufer launches a Slow News movement, inviting us to question the value of the perpetual empty-calorie news that accompanies our daily lives. Slow News examines the nature of news in the context of the increasingly frenetic pace of modern life. Taking a cue from the slow food movement, Laufer suggests that we step back from the constant barrage of instant news to consider news thoughtfully and thoroughly.

Zusammenfassung
Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer is a timely and provocative proposal for a revolution against instant news and for a "Slow News" movement.

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