Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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Television has habituated us to visual entertainment measured out in spoonfuls of time. But what happens when we come to expect the same things from our politics and public discourse? What happens to journalism, education, and religion when they too become forms of show business? Twenty years ago, Neil Postman's lively polemic was the first book to consider the way that electronic media were reshaping or culture. Now, with TV joined by the Internet, cell phones, cable, and DVDs, Amusing Ourselves to Death carries even greater significance. Elegant, incisive, and terrifically readable, it's a compelling take on our addiction to entertainment.
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ISBN: 9780143036531
Published Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Page Count: 184
Size: 7.83" l x 5.04" w x 0.57" h
Category
Social Science
Subject
Sociology