{"product_id":"plot-twist","title":"Plot Twist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Megan Garber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by HarperCollins Publishers, 2026-03-03\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;From the popular and award-winning staff writer for The Atlantic, an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape has incentivized us to see our fellow citizens as characters in an ongoing entertainment--and how we can fight back against this phenomenon.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Whether it's our reality-television-star President or our expertly curated Instagram feeds, the line between fact and fiction--between what's real and what's fabricated for entertainment--has never been more blurred. Screen People explores what happens when we cede our reality to spectacle. Megan Garber explains how today's internet-inflected culture conditions us to see one another not as people but as characters in an ongoing show, and how some of our most chronic and harmful social conditions--loneliness, depression, mistrust, misinformation, cynicism--stem from our demand for diversion.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;In ten chapters, each themed around an element of entertainment--from \"The Producers,\" who edit our reality, to \"The Extras,\" the strangers we turn into objects of our amusement, to \"the Haters,\" the worshipful Qanon-types who expect the prophecies of their anonymous leader to play out on live television--Garber argues that this comedy of our daily lives is quickly becoming tragedy. And we can't understand our politics without first understanding our culture.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Like The Anxious Generation but about our media diet, Screen People shows why Megan Garber is one of the most respected and widely-read journalists of our day. It is an urgent, page-turning, and dazzling look at how we entertained ourselves into our current predicament, and how we might find our way out of the maze of misinformation and chaos.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085016252585,"sku":"PHBK-9780063415690","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/15361003482210.jpg?v=1779740955","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/plot-twist","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}