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Title: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0140094385
ISBN 13: 9780140094381
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge

About the Author

Neil Postman (1931-2003) was chairman of the Department of Communication Arts at New York University and founder of its Media Ecology program. He wrote more than twenty books. His son Andrew Postman is the author of five books, and his work appears in numerous publications.

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