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Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business

Call Number

  • 302.23 P8583 2006 (CEN)

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Edition

20th anniversary edition.

Publication Information

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 2006.

Physical Description

xx, 184 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

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.

Contents

  • 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.

Added Authors

Andrew Postman

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