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

Name: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Author: Neil Postman
ISBN: 9780143036531

by Neil Postman

Pages: 184
ISBN: 9780143036531
Published: 1985

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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, Ne...

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