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Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

208 pages

About this book

Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.

Themes
Eye-OpeningDeeply ResearchedParadigm-ShiftingEntertainment corrupting public discourseMedium shaping human thoughtTriviality replacing serious debateVisuals displacing rational argument
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