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Search - Dish: : How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show
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Dish How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show Author: Gossip. It's more than just hearsay. society columns, and supermarket tabloids. It has, like it or not, become a mainstay of American pop culture. In Dish, industry insider Jeannette Walls gives this provocative subject its due, offering a comprehensive, serious exploration of gossip and its social, historical, and political signif... more »
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June A. (pertdoe) reviewed Dish: : How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show on + 56 more book reviews
This is a really good book. Written by Jeannette Walls and almost as good as her Glass Castle. Its all about gossip, but more about the tabloids, how they got started and about the gossip columests. Well written and if you like this genre you will love this book.
Deborah W. reviewed Dish: : How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show on + 19 more book reviews
Very interesting read, although a bit more than you want to know about the media. Really enjoy Walls writing.
Genres:
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Popular Culture
- Nonfiction >> Current Events >> Mass Media >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Media Studies