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

From Jeannette Walls, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle , now a major motion picture, comes an incisive study of our obsession with gossip. "A fascinating, dishy story." - Booklist 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeannette Walls
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.01.2001
• EAN: 9780380810451
• ISBN: 978-0-380-81045-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY: WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: Modern / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Media Studies