Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Author(s)
Postman, Neil
Postman, Neil
Examines The Effects Of Television On American Society, Arguing That Media Messages, Which Were Generally Coherent, Serious, And Rational When In Print, Have Become Shriveled And Absurd Due To The Medium Of Television. 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. Neil Postman. Elisabeth Sifton Books. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 173-175.
Keywords
Mass media--Influence, Mass media, Mass media--United States, Mass Media, Television, P94 .P63 1986, P 94 P857a 1985a, 302.2/34
Mass media--Influence, Mass media, Mass media--United States, Mass Media, Television, P94 .P63 1986, P 94 P857a 1985a, 302.2/34
| Name in long format: | Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140094385 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140094381 |
| Book pages: | 192 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | Reissue |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Dimensions: | Height: 7.72 Inches, Length: 5.08 Inches, Weight: 0.45 Pounds, Width: 0.56 Inches |
