{"product_id":"9780141018683-everything-bad-is-good-for-you","title":"Everything Bad is Good for You","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter\u003cbr\u003eThe author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, he shows that mass culture - \"The Simpsons\", \"Desperate Housewives\", \"The Apprentice\", \"The Sopranos\", \"Grand Theft Auto\" - is actually more sophisticated and challenging than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe're constantly being told that popular culture is just mindless entertainment - but, as Steven Johnson shows in \u003ci\u003eEverything Bad is Good for You\u003c\/i\u003e, it's actually making us more intelligent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Steven Johnson puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. He shows that mass culture - \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrand Theft\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAuto\u003c\/i\u003e - is actually more sophisticated and challenging than ever before. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  When we focus on what our minds have to do to process its complex, multilayered messages, it becomes clear that it's not dumbing us down - but smartening us up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'As witty as \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld \u003c\/i\u003eand as wise as \u003ci\u003eER\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Wonderfully entertaining'\u003cbr\u003e  Malcolm Gladwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A vital, lucid exploration of the contemporary mediascape'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A guru for Generation Xbox'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A must-read'\u003cbr\u003e  Mark Thompson, former Director-General of the BBC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteven Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMind Wide Open\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere Good Ideas Come From\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmergence: The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software\u003c\/i\u003e, named as one of the best books of 2001 by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, Amazon.com, and \u003ci\u003eDiscover Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and a finalist for the Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942942879841,"sku":"9780141018683","price":10.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26944010.jpg?v=1721375329","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141018683-everything-bad-is-good-for-you","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}