# The Image Daniel Boorstin's 1962 classic arguing that Americans increasingly consume manufactured "pseudo-events" — press conferences, photo ops, staged spectacles — in place of real news, and that the celebrity is "a person who is known for his well-knownness." Note: argues Americans have a false "image" of what news actually is; feels fresh though written in 1962. First edition predates ISBNs; the ISBN above is the Vintage reissue.