What Neil Postman thinks about America
Media critic and educator (1931 to 2003) whose Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985) argued that television turns public discourse, from politics to news to religion, into entertainment.
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1 dated position, c. 1985, in their own words. Our reading of what Neil Postman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAmericans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other.
↗Amusing Ourselves to Death (Penguin, 2006 edition of the 1985 book)archive.org All 5 from this book