Amusing ourselves to death public discourse in the age of show business
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 --...
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New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Penguin Books,
2006.
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| Edition: | 20th anniversary edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Amusing ourselves to death : |b public discourse in the age of show business / |c Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman. |
| 250 | |a 20th anniversary edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : |b Penguin Books, |c 2006. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The medium is the metaphor -- Media as epistemology -- Typographic America -- The typographic mind -- The peek-a-boo world -- The age of show business -- "Now ... this" -- Shuffle off to Bethlehem -- Reach out and elect someone -- Teaching as an amusing activity -- The Huxleyan warning. | |
| 520 | |a 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. --Publisher. | ||
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