Post-Truth
Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2017
Summary
‘A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer’ Evening Standard
Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us ‘your call is important to us’. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it’s become the communications strategy of our times?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408703311 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1408703319 |
| Author: | Evan Davis |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 618g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 161mm x 34mm |
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A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer– Evening Standard
A Malcolm Gladwell-style social psychology/behavioural economics primer * Evening Standard *
Subtle and wide-ranging, written with the generous intelligence and wry humour that admirers of his broadcasting will recognise * New Statesman *
His care and his determination to make complicated ideas accessible show, above all, why he is such a good broadcaster * Observer *
Davis’s journey through the bullshit swamplands makes fascinating reading for anybody involved in communication – Roland White * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Evan Davis
Evan Davis is a presenter of the BBC2 current affairs programme Newsnight, a role he began in September 2014. From April 2008 up to then he was a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also well-known as the presenter of the BBC2 business reality show Dragons Den. And on Radio 4, he hosts a weekly business discussion programme The Bottom Line. Prior to the Today programme he was the Economics Editor of the BBC, the most senior economics reporter in the corporation. Evan Davis was the Political Studies Association broadcaster of the Year; he won a bronze Sony award as Speech Broadcaster of the Year and the Made in Britain programme won the Harold Wincott Foundation Business Television Programme of the Year award.
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