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Amusing Ourselves To Death - Public Discourse In The Age Of Show Business (Paperback, 20th anniversary ed) Loot Price: R337
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Amusing Ourselves To Death - Public Discourse In The Age Of Show Business (Paperback, 20th anniversary ed)

Neil Postman; Introduction by Andrew Postman

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What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell’s 1984, Neil’s Postman’s essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever.

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 control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2005
First published: December 2005
Authors: Neil Postman
Introduction by: Andrew Postman
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Mass Market
Pages: 184
Edition: 20th anniversary ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303653-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > General
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LSN: 0-14-303653-X
Barcode: 9780143036531

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