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Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show

By Jeannette Walls

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2001
ISBN
038081045X, 9780380810451, 9780380978212, 0380978210, 9780062031303, 0062031309
LCC
P96.G65 W35 2001
Open Library ID
OL22464343M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
754 kB (772579 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
384\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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 significance. Examining the topic from the inside out, Walls looks at the players; the origins of gossip, from birth of People magazine to the death of Lady Di; and how technology including the Internet will continue to change the face gossip. As compelling and seductive as its subject matter, Dish brilliantly reveals the fascinating inner workings of a phenomenon that is definitely here to stay.

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