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Amusing ourselves to death

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An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)

Amusing ourselves to death

public discourse in the age of show business

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.17 ·
  • 23 Ratings
  • 193 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 30 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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Viking
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
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United States

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 173-175.
"Elisabeth Sifton books."
Includes index.

Classifications

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

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Pagination
viii, 184 p. ;
Number of pages
184

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3024980M
ISBN 10
0670804541
LCCN
85005335
OCLC/WorldCat
11842779
Library Thing
23577
Goodreads
934152

First Sentence

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

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