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

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:594738 L3 - citeulike-article-id:594738 N2 - { Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman&#146;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&#151;from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs&#151;it has taken on even greater significance. <I>Amusing Ourselves to Death</I> 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 controlof our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.} SN - 014303653X TI - Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business PB - Penguin (Non-Classics) KW - technoculture AU - Postman, Neil PY - 2005/12/27/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/014303653X ER -