4.1
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman
Product Description Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation, and knowledge. From AudioFile This McCluhanesque diatribe begins by observing that our present and future resemble the predictions in Brave New World more than those of 1984. Technology, in particular television, has shaped our politics, news, religion, education, every aspect of our world. Rigginbach's reading is a little too fast-paced for this material; furthermore, the material is not suited to an audio format. Why did the author allow his thought to be corrupted by allowing their promulgation through non-print media. In addition, the examples he cites are ten years old; this week's television better supports his conclusions. The message is valid, but the medium through which it's presented is flawed. S.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
ReferenceWords, Language & GrammarCommunicationPolitics & Social SciencesSocial SciencesCommunication & Media Studies
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERBlackstone Pub
LANGUAGEEN
<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>Neil Postman</a> was a popular American humanist who was well known for his comments on the social effects of technology, in particular of television.
4.1
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman
Product Description Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation, and knowledge. From AudioFile This McCluhanesque diatribe begins by observing that our present and future resemble the predictions in Brave New World more than those of 1984. Technology, in particular television, has shaped our politics, news, religion, education, every aspect of our world. Rigginbach's reading is a little too fast-paced for this material; furthermore, the material is not suited to an audio format. Why did the author allow his thought to be corrupted by allowing their promulgation through non-print media. In addition, the examples he cites are ten years old; this week's television better supports his conclusions. The message is valid, but the medium through which it's presented is flawed. S.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
ReferenceWords, Language & GrammarCommunicationPolitics & Social SciencesSocial SciencesCommunication & Media Studies
RELEASED1994
PUBLISHERBlackstone Pub
LANGUAGEEN
<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>Neil Postman</a> was a popular American humanist who was well known for his comments on the social effects of technology, in particular of television.
