Amusing Ourselves to Death
Subtitle: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman.
Edition: 20th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Mass media -- Influence; Mass media -- United States
First sentence: At different times in our history, different cities have been the focal point of a radiating American spirit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition
pagenum: vii; title: In 1985…
pagenum: xvii; title: Foreword
pagenum: xix; title: Part I; label: 1
title: The Medium Is the Metaphor
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Media as Epistemology
pagenum: 16; label: 3
title: Typographic America
pagenum: 30; label: 4
title: The Typographic Mind
pagenum: 44; label: 5
title: The Peek-a-Boo World
pagenum: 64; title: Part II; label: 6
title: The Age of Show Business
pagenum: 83; label: 7
title: "Now… This"
pagenum: 99; label: 8
title: Shuffle Off to Bethlehem
pagenum: 114; label: 9
title: Reach Out and Elect Someone
pagenum: 125; label: 10
title: Teaching as an Amusing Activity
pagenum: 142; label: 11
title: The Huxleyan Warning
pagenum: 155; title: Notes
pagenum: 165; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 173; title: Index
pagenum: 177