Hedges, Chris. <br/><br/>
Empire of illusion :  the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle / 
Chris Hedges. 
 - New York :  Nation Books,  c2009. 
 - 232 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America. 
<br/><br/> Analyzes twenty-first-century culture and society, describing two factions--one that functions within a literate, print-based world, and another that embraces fantasy, magic, and illusion from truths--and discusses professional wrestling, pornography, the mass media, corporations, the American government, and more. 
<br/><br/> Adult  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781568584379 (trade) 1568584377 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009013585 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media--United States.<br/>Popular culture--United States.<br/>Mass media--United States.<br/>Popular culture--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P92.U5  / H365 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23