Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman

ISBN 10: 0140094385 / ISBN 13: 9780140094381

Published by Penguin Group November 1986, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
• Publisher: Penguin Group November 1986
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140094385
• ISBN 13: 9780140094381
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Current Affairs/Politics

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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.