Everything Bad Is Good for You
2005 non-fiction book by Steven Johnson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter is a non-fiction book written by Steven Johnson. Published in 2005, it details Johnson's theory that popular culture – in particular television programs and video games – has grown more complex and demanding over time and is making society as a whole more intelligent, contrary to the perception that modern electronic media are harmful or unconstructive. The book's claims, especially related to the proposed benefits of television, drew media attention.[1] It received mixed critical reviews.
Author | Steven Johnson |
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Cover artist | Jamie Keenan |
Language | English |
Subject | Popular culture, cultural studies |
Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication date | May 2005 |
Pages | 272 |
ISBN | 978-1-59448-194-9 |
OCLC | 69992179 |
LC Class | HM621 .J64 2006 |
Johnson states that he aims to persuade readers of "two things:
- By almost all the standards we use to measure reading’s cognitive benefits — attention, memory, following threads, and so on — the nonliterary popular culture has been steadily growing more challenging over the past thirty years.
- Increasingly, the nonliterary popular culture is honing different mental skills that are just as important as the ones exercised by reading books."[2]