Well known for coining the term 'Global Village', Marshall McLuhan's thinking was, and still is, revolutionary. His theories, many of which are illustrated in this astonishing 'inventory of effects', force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishing man. The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. This is one of four books in that series.

新新闻主义之父盖伊·特立斯 掘地三尺深挖《纽约时报》内幕 每个名字、场景、故事，句句属实 每一天，从早上的新闻，到晚上的热帖，所有这些信息和咨询，全由记者报道，再由编辑打磨挑选。是他们的“创造”决定了我们看到什么，谈论什么。 《纽约时报》是所有媒体中公认最可靠的历史记录者，它报道的就是事实。从地方小报到世界自由主义阵营的旗帜，哪些人为它奠基，为它添砖加瓦？是一群只为新闻而活的人。 他们全力报导今天，截稿时间一过，该跳舞跳舞，该赛马赛马。这是一群理想主义者，也是真正的野心家、投机客和享乐家。 1851年创刊，1896年被阿道夫·奥克斯以7万5千美金收购，《纽约时报》用一期期报道奠定了自己影响美国、影响世界的第一大报的地位。它记录了世界近现代历史中几乎所有最重大的事件，而记录这些事件的《纽约时报》和《纽约时报》人则往往隐居幕后。 作者特立斯从1953年开始在《纽约时报》工作了十余年。当他离开时报后，第一件事就是回过头去采访自己曾经的同事，试图以时报不鼓励、不允许的方式刻画描述这个庞大的、能影响全美乃至全世界局势的机构。特立斯眼光犀利，笔触细腻，不仅在书中回溯了《纽约时报》的历史，还生动地再现了近百名时报人，以及他们在时报这个大机构中的庞杂关系，向读者展现了一幅上世纪五六十年代第一流媒体从业者的群像。 本书初版于1969年，至今仍是关于《纽约时报》历史及运作方式最权威细致的参考书，开启了当时写作、出版媒体著作的潮流。

The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories—including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal—and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring? In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.

本书是一部媒介文化研究的经典著作。作者认为，电话、电报、广播、电视等电子媒介的广泛使用，塑造了一个新的文化形态和传播方式。通过对不同媒介的比较，以及与种种文化现象的关联，作者勾画了一种电子媒介文化社会的图景，并对其发展趋向作出了某些预言

本书共十五章，每一章都以独特的基本架构“历史、行业、争议”展开，分别介绍了图书、报纸、杂志等印刷媒介，电影、唱片、广播、电视、互联网等电子媒介及公关、广告的历史、行业状况以及面对的争议。这种独特的组织方式让读者得以全面直观地掌握媒体的概念，并了解媒体的历史、现状、存在的问题，等等。本书涵盖广泛，可视作一本媒体的小百科全书。 书中实例丰富，贯穿始终。这些来自美国的典型案例，生动形象地再现了美国的媒介生态，使本书成为新闻传播学引进图书中不可多得的优秀入门级教材。