An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985)

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An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985)

Se distraire à en mourir

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (24 ratings)
  • 255 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 33 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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Pluriel
Language
French
Pages
254

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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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Edition Notes

Bibliogr. p. 251-254.

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[Paris]
Series
Pluriel

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.23

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 vol. (254 p.)
Number of pages
254

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL30113380M
Internet Archive
sedistraireaenmo0000post
ISBN 10
201279548X
ISBN 13
9782012795488
OCLC/WorldCat
779714867

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Work ID
OL137916W

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First Sentence

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

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