Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman takes an enlightening look at the long-term effects of mass media--how it transforms our world, and the ways in which the media onslaught can be challenged. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... Jimmy Swaggart , et al . ― yester- day's leaders of revivalist movements in America were men of learning , faith in reason , and generous expository gifts . Their disputes with the religious establishments were as much about theology ...
... Jimmy Swaggart , et al . ― yester- day's leaders of revivalist movements in America were men of learning , faith in reason , and generous expository gifts . Their disputes with the religious establishments were as much about theology ...
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... Jimmy Swaggart , Jerry Falwell , Jim Bakker and Pat Robertson . Forty - two hours were entirely un- necessary . Five would have provided me with all the conclu- sions , of which there are two , that are fairly to be drawn . The first is ...
... Jimmy Swaggart , Jerry Falwell , Jim Bakker and Pat Robertson . Forty - two hours were entirely un- necessary . Five would have provided me with all the conclu- sions , of which there are two , that are fairly to be drawn . The first is ...
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... Jimmy Swaggart plays better than God . For God exists only in our minds , whereas Swaggart is there , to be seen , admired , adored . Which is why he is the star of the show . And why Billy Graham is a celebrity , and why Oral Roberts ...
... Jimmy Swaggart plays better than God . For God exists only in our minds , whereas Swaggart is there , to be seen , admired , adored . Which is why he is the star of the show . And why Billy Graham is a celebrity , and why Oral Roberts ...
Contents
Media as Epistemology | 16 |
Typographic America | 30 |
The Typographic Mind | 44 |
Copyright | |
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