{"product_id":"audience-of-one-by-james-poniewozik-9781631494420","title":"Audience of One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo single book about the media more thoroughly captured the imagination of readers and critics in 2019 than \u003cem\u003eAudience of One\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFunny, acerbic and observant\u003c\/em\u003e (Gary Shteyngart, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e chief television critic James Poniewozik offers a \u003cem\u003edarkly entertaining\u003c\/em\u003e (Carlos Lozada, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) history of mass media from the early 1980s to today, demonstrating how a \u003cem\u003evolcanic, camera-hogging antihero\u003c\/em\u003e merged with America's most powerful medium to become our forty-fifth president.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn charting the seismic evolution of television from a monolithic mass medium into today's fractious confederation of \u003cem\u003espite-and-insult\u003c\/em\u003e media subcultures, Poniewozik reveals how Donald Trump took advantage of these historic changes by constantly reinventing himself: from a boastful cartoon zillionaire; to 1990s self-parodic sitcom fixture; to \u003cem\u003eThe Apprentice\u003c\/em\u003e reality-TV star; and finally to Twitter-mad, culture-warring demagogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlready lauded as a \u003cem\u003ebrilliant and daring\u003c\/em\u003e (Annalisa Quinn, NPR) work that defines a generation, \u003cem\u003eAudience of One\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a classic in cultural criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470064926956,"sku":"9781631494420","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631494420-audience-of-one.jpg?v=1775210836","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/audience-of-one-by-james-poniewozik-9781631494420","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}