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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Postman, Neil Paperback - 1986
by Postman, Neil
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- Title Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Postman, Neil
- Author Postman, Neil
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 184
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1986-11-04
- Bookseller's Inventory # OX-0098-10-01-2023
- ISBN 9780140094381 / 0140094385
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.04 x 0.52 in (19.81 x 12.80 x 1.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Mass media - Influence, Mass media - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86009513
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.234
Summary
Originally published in 1985, Neil Postmans 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 mediafrom the Internet to cell phones to DVDsit 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.