Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Beschreibung
"It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN
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.
“A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
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The first thing that struck me when I started reading was that this book was very hard to read, at least for me as a non-native speaker. I can only wonder whether the complex language the author chose was on purpose, after all the very point of this book is to demonstrate the superiority of the printing press over the television and that we as a society and as a culture are basically dumbing down as a result of watching top much of it. I can't get past the fact that he's right, especially since at the time of this writing a former reality tv star is the most powerful man on the planet. Other than that the arguments aren't new, they just might be presented in a bit of a different light. But if television is this bad already then how bad is the internet? But there already is a book about that...
Beschreibung
"It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN
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.
“A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
The first thing that struck me when I started reading was that this book was very hard to read, at least for me as a non-native speaker. I can only wonder whether the complex language the author chose was on purpose, after all the very point of this book is to demonstrate the superiority of the printing press over the television and that we as a society and as a culture are basically dumbing down as a result of watching top much of it. I can't get past the fact that he's right, especially since at the time of this writing a former reality tv star is the most powerful man on the planet. Other than that the arguments aren't new, they just might be presented in a bit of a different light. But if television is this bad already then how bad is the internet? But there already is a book about that...