{"product_id":"9781523515899","title":"You Are What You Watch","description":"Author: Walter Hickey\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781523515899\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Workman\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most popular forms of entertainment can have a direct physical effect on us, a measurable impact on society, geopolitics, the economy, and even the future itself? In \u003ci\u003eYou \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre What You Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, Walter Hickey, Pulitzer Prize winner and former chief culture writer at acclaimed data site FiveThirtyEight.com, proves how exactly how what we watch (and read and listen to) has a far greater effect on us and the world at large than we imagine.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmploying a mix of research, deep reporting, and 100 data visualizations, Hickey presents the true power of entertainment and culture. From the decrease in shark populations after \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eto the increase in women and girls taking up archery following \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games, You Are What You Watch \u003c\/i\u003eproves its points not just with research and argument, but hard data. Did you know, for example, that crime statistics prove that violent movies actually lead to \u003ci\u003eless\u003c\/i\u003e real-world violence? And that the international rise of anime and Manga helped lift the Japanese economy out of the doldrums in the 1980s? Or that British and American intelligence agencies actually got ideas from the James Bond movies?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYou \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre What You Watch, \u003c\/i\u003ereaders will be given a nerdy, and sobering, celebration of popular entertainment and its surprising power to change the world.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717743431838,"sku":"ADS-9781523515899","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781523515899.jpg?v=1776129275","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781523515899","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}