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Amusing ourselves to death. Public discourse in the age of show business

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Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals.

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Amusing ourselves to death. Public discourse in the age of show business, Neil Postman

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Rok vydania
2006
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Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Penguin Books
Rok vydania
2006
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
208
ISBN10
014303653x
ISBN13
9780143036531
Série
Prvé vydanie
1985
Pôvodný názov
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Hodnotenie
4,15 z 5
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Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals.