Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business /
Postman, Neil.
Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman. - 20th anniversary ed. - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 2006. - xx, 184 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.
Introduction to the Twentieth anniversary edition -- In 1985 -- Foreword -- The medium is the metaphor -- Media as epistemology -- Typographic America -- The typographic mind -- The peek-a-boo world -- The age of show business -- "Now...this" -- Shuttle off to Bethlehem -- Reach out and elect someone -- Teaching as an amusing activity -- The Huxleyan warning.
014303653X 9780143036531
2006275381
Mass media--Influence.
Mass media--United States.
Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman. - 20th anniversary ed. - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 2006. - xx, 184 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.
Introduction to the Twentieth anniversary edition -- In 1985 -- Foreword -- The medium is the metaphor -- Media as epistemology -- Typographic America -- The typographic mind -- The peek-a-boo world -- The age of show business -- "Now...this" -- Shuttle off to Bethlehem -- Reach out and elect someone -- Teaching as an amusing activity -- The Huxleyan warning.
014303653X 9780143036531
2006275381
Mass media--Influence.
Mass media--United States.