An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985)

Amusing ourselves to death

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An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985)

Amusing ourselves to death

public discourse in the age of show business

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (24 ratings)
  • 250 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 33 Have read

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.

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Publisher
Methuen
Language
English
Pages
184

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Subjects

Mass media, Influence, Television broadcasting, Social aspects, Social aspects of Television broadcasting, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Sociology, Culturele invloeden, Televisie, open_syllabus_project, Médias, Television, Aspect social, CHR 1986, PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy), Argumentation, Télévision, Politische Kultur, Fernsehen, Médias - Aspect social, Télévision - Aspect social, Médias - Influence, Mass media, united states, history, Television broadcasting, social aspects, Mass media, social aspects, Media Control, Electronic Entertainment, Education, Society, Dian shi jie mu, Ying xiang, Wen yu huo dong, Chuan bo mei jie, Yan jiu, Mass media--influence, Mass media--united states, P94 .p63 1986, P 94 p857a 1985a, 302.2/34, Media - general & miscellaneous, Media - theory & philosophy

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Neil Postman

Places

United States

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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 176-178.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.2/34
Library of Congress
P94 .P63 1986, P94 .P63 1985, HE8700.6

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 184 p. ;
Number of pages
184

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17309064M
ISBN 10
0413404404
LCCN
85005335
LibraryThing
23577
Goodreads
683899

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL137916W

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First Sentence

"At different times in our history, different cities have been the focal point of a radiating American spirit."

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