num_pages: 184
description:  Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman's groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic mediafrom the Internet to cell phones to DVDsit has taken on even greater significance. 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 controlof our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.
language: English
title: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
titlecomplete: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
genres: Cultural, Technology, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Education, Sociology, History, Society
ratings_count: 29351
publisher: Heinemann