{"product_id":"plot-twist-megan-garber-9780063415690","title":"Plot Twist: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the popular and award-winning staff writer for \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether 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. \u003cem\u003ePlot Twist\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ten chapters, each themed around an element of stagecraft--from \"The Producers,\" who edit our reality, to \"The Props,\" 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eThe Anxious Generation\u003c\/em\u003e but about our media diet, \u003cem\u003ePlot Twist\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Megan Garber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063415690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063415690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Megan Garber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685964534015,"sku":"9780063415690","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_349f67a1-777c-4add-b965-5b50558f6409.jpg?v=1741727297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plot-twist-megan-garber-9780063415690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}