FOR THOSE SEEKING AN INFORMAL LIST OF EXCEPTIONAL BOOKS ABOUT THE NEWS & INFORMATION INDUSTRIES (in alphabetical order):

All the President’s Men — Woodward & Bernstein

Amusing Ourselves to Death — Neil Postman

The Boys on the Bus — Timothy Crouse

The Creation of the Media — Paul Starr

Discovering the News — Michael Schudson

The Final Days — Woodward & Bernstein

The Invention of News — Andrew Pettegree

Once Upon a Distant War — William Prochnau

The Powers That Be — David Halberstam

FOR THOSE SEEKING SOME SERIOUS SCHOLARSHIP ON THE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION:

“The Printing Press as an Agent of Change” — Elizabeth Eisenstein

“Understanding Media” — Marshall McLuhan

“The Wealth of Networks” — Yochai Benkler