Blink by Malcom Gladwell (nonfiction/not rated)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell.
Since this is nonfiction I cannot use my regular rating system. I want to point out some of the positives of this book and would welcome any guidelines for rating other nonfiction works I may review in the future.
Blink concerns the instant judgments that we seem to make without realizing. These unconscious processes can be extremely helpful but are also influenced by prejudice and can be disabled when under severe stress. Some other interesting topics that are introduced in the book include research on indexing facial expressions, how to change your racial stereotypes and how to influence behavior with the insertion of seemingly random adjectives.
posted by Jill @ 9:07 AM
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2 Comments:
Here's a couple of ideas for rating non-fiction. I'm not sure if they would be considered the same thing, but Readability - how interesting, coherent the writing is, and Understandability - can a reader who is not a professional in the field understand the points being made.
I'm looking forward to reading this one, myself.
Thanks Adrienne! I agree that readability is important. Another characteristic of nonfiction that I am looking for is applicability. In other words, is this information something I can use?
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