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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014303653X
ISBN-139780143036531
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038281558
Product Key Features
Edition20
Book TitleAmusing Ourselves to Death : Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, Television / History & Criticism
FeaturesRevised
GenrePolitical Science, Performing Arts, Social Science
AuthorNeil Postman
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.4 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-275381
Reviews"I can't think of a more prophetic, more thoughtful, more necessary - and yes, more entertaining - book about media culture." -Victor Navasky, National Book Award-winning author of The Art of Controversy "All I can say about Neil Postman's brilliant Amusing Ourselves to Death is: Guilty As Charged." -Matt Groening, Creator of The Simpsons "As a fervent evangelist of the age of Hollywood, I publicly opposed Neil Postman's dark picture of our media-saturated future. But time has proved Postman right. He accurately foresaw that the young would inherit a frantically all-consuming media culture of glitz, gossip, and greed." -Camille Paglia "A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one." -Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal302.234
Table Of ContentIntroduction Part I 1. The Medium Is the Metaphor 2. Media as Epistemology 3. Typographic America 4. The Typographic Mind 5. The Peek-a-Boo World Part II 6. The Age of Show Business 7. "Now...This" 8. Shuffle Off to Bethlehem 9. Reach Out and Elect Someone 10. Teaching as an Amusing Activity 11. The Huxleyan Warning Notes Bibliography Index
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisTelevision has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals., What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984 , Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death , but his ascent would not have surprised Postman." - CNN 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. "A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one." -Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World, A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
LC Classification NumberP94.P63 2006
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- 05. Aug. 2022
A must read
every parent should read this book. As timely today as when originally written. And great value on eBay.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 12. Apr. 2017
Interesting
This is an interesting read about how TV effects out minds. However, I feel it is a little outdated due to the fact that the internet is the new craze. But the content is interesting and still applies in many aspects.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 23. Jan. 2018
A Prophet With Honor
Neil Postman is a prophet who accurately predicted Twitter the Trump presidency. His carefully worked out and thoroughly proven by the passage of time is that television by its nature is a medium hostile to serious, intelligent discourse. Billy Graham can no more offer salvation on TV than Al Roker can track a hurricane. My copy of this classic has a devoted intro by Postman's son. It should be required reading at all TV schools.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Nov. 2023
Awesome reading! Sticks a spoon in your brain and stirs it awake.
Everyone should read it. Even though written before the rise of the Internet, the points made ring true to this day.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Mär. 2021
Exposing how most people waste a large part of their lives
Excellent documentation of affliction that has consumed and wasted more time of peoples lives than any other invention in human history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 16. Jan. 2019
A prescient analysis of our media culture
An important early look at our media-saturated culture. A classic study of an important topic, even more important and relevant in the mobile, digital age.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 14. Okt. 2020
Great read well worth my time
Well worth my time . Great readBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Mär. 2016
Amazing!
Great book! LOOKED NEWBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 28. Sep. 2015
thank you
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- 20. Aug. 2023
Relevant
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