TY - BOOK AU - Jacoby, Susan, TI - The age of American unreason SN - 9780375423741 AV - E 169.Z83 .J159 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Pantheon Books KW - Mass media KW - United States KW - National characteristics, American KW - Popular culture KW - Reason KW - Social psychology KW - Social values N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--the addiction to infotainment, from television to the Web, which has resulted in a lazy and credulous public. www.alibris.com ER -