Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessWhat happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World |
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Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman. 20th Anniversary Edition AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE AGE OF SHOW BUSINESS M NEIL POSTMAN New Introduction by Andrew Postman Acclaim for Neil Postman's Amusing ...
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman. 20th Anniversary Edition AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE AGE OF SHOW BUSINESS M NEIL POSTMAN New Introduction by Andrew Postman Acclaim for Neil Postman's Amusing ...
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... Ourselves to Death " As a fervent evangelist of the age of Hollywood , I publicly opposed Neil Postman's dark picture of our media - saturated future . But time has proved Postman right . He accurately foresaw that the young would ...
... Ourselves to Death " As a fervent evangelist of the age of Hollywood , I publicly opposed Neil Postman's dark picture of our media - saturated future . But time has proved Postman right . He accurately foresaw that the young would ...
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... Ourselves to Death remains his most reverberating and widely read book , translated into more than a dozen languages . He was educated at the State University of New York at Fredonia and Columbia University . He died in October 2003 ...
... Ourselves to Death remains his most reverberating and widely read book , translated into more than a dozen languages . He was educated at the State University of New York at Fredonia and Columbia University . He died in October 2003 ...
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Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman. Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman New Introduction by Andrew Postman PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group ...
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman. Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman New Introduction by Andrew Postman PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group ...
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... ourselves to death . Bibliography : p . 173 . Includes index . 1. Mass Media - Influence . I. Title . P94.P63 1986 302.2'34 86-9513 ISBN 978-0-14-303653-1 Except in the United States of America , this book is sold subject to the ...
... ourselves to death . Bibliography : p . 173 . Includes index . 1. Mass Media - Influence . I. Title . P94.P63 1986 302.2'34 86-9513 ISBN 978-0-14-303653-1 Except in the United States of America , this book is sold subject to the ...
Contents
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Media as Epistemology | 16 |
Typographic America | 30 |
The Typographic Mind | 44 |
The PeekaBoo World | 64 |
The Age of Show Business | 83 |
Now This | 99 |
Shuffle Off to Bethlehem | 114 |
Reach Out and Elect Someone | 125 |
Teaching as an Amusing Activity | 142 |
The Huxleyan Warning | 155 |
Notes | 165 |
Bibliography | 173 |
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