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| Title Statement | Amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman. |
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| Author | Postman, Neil |
| Additional Contributors | Postman, Andrew |
| Publication | New York: Penguin Books,2006.©1985 |
| Edition | 20th anniversary edition. |
| Extent of Item | xx, 184 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9780143036531 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr00699974 |
| Contents | Introduction to the Twentieth anniversary edition --In 1985 --Foreword --The medium is the metaphor --Media as epistemology --Typographic America --The typographic mind --The peek-a-boo world --The age of show business --"Now . this" --Shuttle off to Bethlehem --Reach out and elect someone --Teaching as an amusing activity --The Huxleyan warning. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Mass media--Influence |
| Mass media--United States | |
