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Everything Bad is Good for You How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter

Paperback • 2006 • English

Everything Bad is Good for You How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter

By Steven Johnson

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About the book

We're constantly being told that popular culture is just mindless entertainment - but, as Steven Johnson shows in Everything Bad is Good for You, it's actually making us more intelligent. 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 - The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, The Apprentice, The Sopranos, Grand Theft Auto - is actually more sophisticated and challenging than ever befo...Show more

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9780141018683

Publisher

Penguin Books Limited

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Everything Bad is Good for You How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter

Format

Paperback

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