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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by: Neil Postman

: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.23
EAN: 9780143036531
ISBN: 014303653X
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 3048
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)



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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 controlof our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The media is the message again
Essentially a redux of Marshall McLuhan's The Media is the Message, it's an argument that the dominant communications ... Read More

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