Amusing Ourselves to Death
I have just read Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death. Postman states that the age of typography has been replaced by the age of television. This has changed the way we look at the world and the way we think, which in turn has almost made us less intelligent. Postman speaks his opinions freely, an....
Amusing ourselves to death
Amusing Ourselves to Death
What is public discourse, and what is its ideal form? Amusing Ourselves to Death describes all the forms of discourse in the United States, yet does not state which one is the best. In this book, Neil Postman analyzes every form of public discourse that has developed ....
Amusing Ourselves to Death; Mediums, Friend or Foe?
Electronic media is inferior to print media due to the fact that electronic media can be bias, selective, and evasive for the purpose of entertainment. Electronic media serves as a form of entertainment with a main goal of serving their ratings rather than serving the people. It would seem that Pos....
Change from Politicians to Actors
By the time a person has turned 40 they will have seen well over one million television commercials, therefore being an influential part of peoples life's. Some people consider television commercials as one of the biggest forms of deceit in our world today. The goal of an advertisement is to mak....
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