Mediactive
by Dan Gillmor
Publisher: Lulu.com 2010
ISBN/ASIN: 0557789427
ISBN-13: 9780557789429
Description:
We're in an age of information overload, and too much of what we watch, hear and read is mistaken, deceitful or even dangerous. Yet you and I can take control and make media serve us -- all of us -- by being active consumers and participants. Here's how.
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