Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
Disinformation Means Misleading Information--Misplaced, Irrelevant, Fragmented or Superficial
"In watching American television, one is reminded of George Bernard Shaw's remark on his first seeing the glittering neon signs of Broadway and 42nd Street at night. It must be beautiful, he said, if you cannot read." John Ackermann
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
The media is the message again
Essentially a redux of Marshall McLuhan's The Media is the Message, it's an argument that the dominant communications media powerfully affect reasoning (Postman's preferred term is epistemology, which is probably more accurate and to the point),...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
Judge a book by its cover
Just today I logged on to one of the biggest news channels' website (CNN) and on the front page under "Popular News" was the following headline: "Is that Miley Cyrus flashing her bra on the Web?" I had just finished my second reading of this...
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Intrinsic Value of the Medium
Neil Postman posits that the medium of communication has value inherent and intrinsic in itself. Postman argues that the medium conveys shades of meaning that are not spelled out in any intentional communication. Sometimes the medium can convey...
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The Magic of Imagery
Ah! What a succinct and clear explanation of how the world of imagery has overtaken the world of writing and how this change has affected the human psyche. Postman elaborates, with hundreds of examples, how TV has changed the way we think and act...
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