The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America -- Daniel J. Boorstin, Paperback Juliana Urquisa Joseph Bologna

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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America -- Daniel J. Boorstin, Paperback Juliana Urquisa Joseph BolognaFirst 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 and the contemporary definition of celebrity as "a person who is known for his well knownness." Since then Daniel J. Boorstin's prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who