The first half of the 20th century was a golden age of American storytelling. Mailboxes burgeoned with pulp magazines, conveying an endless variety of fiction. Comic strips were a staple of the papers, eagerly followed by millions of readers. Families gathered around the radio, anxious to hear the exploits of their favorite heroes and villains. Before the emergence of television as a dominant cultural force, storytelling blossomed in America as audiences...

When Superman first landed on Earth in 1938, he wasn't the muscled megahero we know today. An inveterate champion of the downtrodden and oppressed, his personality reflected the imaginations of his two teenage creators and the Depression era in which they lived. With his superhuman strengths and very human heart, Superman was a champion America could believe in. Superman: The Golden Age describes the Man of Steel's life and times from 1938 to 1955....

Examines the story behind communication inventions.

"According to the media, Donald Trump could never become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he shouldn't be president. The Trump administration and the press are at war -- and as in any war, the first casualty has been truth. Bestselling author Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's Media Buzz and former Washington Post columnist, offers a stunning exposé of how supposedly objective journalists, alarmed by Trump's success, have moved into the...

A guide to taking on self-appointed activists and quack experts offers hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation, by a science and public health professional who has been on the frontline for twenty years.

A teacher who dreams of heroism gets his opportunity when Arab terrorists attack a school bus on Coney Island. But instead of accolades the teacher becomes a suspect, victim of an ambitious reporter. By the author of The Intruder.

"For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the lives we create online. In her debut book, Extremely Online, she reveals how online influence came to upend the world, demolishing traditional barriers and creating whole new sectors of the economy. Lorenz shows this...

Sato's life is going down the drain. He's dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week, and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites, he finds himself falling further into a pit of despair. Then he has a sudden epiphany. Sato decides that the sinister broadcast company known as 'The NHK' is trying to transform their viewers into jobless, societal recluses, and they bombard them with images of cutesy anime...