By Its Cover.

The article discusses the profusion of extremely long titles on nonfiction books published in the early 21st century, such as "Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyi...

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Publicado en:Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 9 - 11
Autor principal: Evans, Sacha
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Columbia Journalism Review May/Jun2009
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Sumario:The article discusses the profusion of extremely long titles on nonfiction books published in the early 21st century, such as "Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us... and What to Do About It" by Dick Morris. The value of such titles as marketing tools laden with keywords for internet search engine optimization is discussed.