The Ecstasy of Communication by Jean Baudrillard
Published 1988 · 29,425 words · about 4 hours at an average pace
How hard is The Ecstasy of Communication to read?
The Ecstasy of Communication scores 76 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it very challenging. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 78 out of 100
- Dense coined theoretical vocabulary.
- Sentence structure: 75 out of 100
- Long declarative sentences that resist paraphrase.
- Abstraction: 92 out of 100
- Among the most abstract writing in media theory.
- Information density: 78 out of 100
- Compressed; each essay assumes a whole apparatus.
How The Ecstasy of Communication is regarded
The Ecstasy of Communication holds a literary regard score of 61 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.