Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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Amusing Ourselves to Death is a 1985 book by Neil Postman, which argues that the rise of television as a dominant medium has transformed public discourse from a serious, rational exchange of ideas into a form of entertainment. Postman contends that the medium itself shapes the content and that television's primary effect is to make all serious subjects appear trivial.

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I mean, as what I mean is, you know, Neil Postman, who's a wonderful media thinker in the lineage of Marshall McLuhan, used to say, clarity is courage.

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Media Studies Sociology Non-fiction

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Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

media theory

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"Neil Postman is mentioned as a 'wonderful media thinker' in the lineage of Marshall McLuhan. Given the context of media's influence on society and the discussion about technology's impact on public discourse, 'Amusing Ourselves to Death' is his most relevant and well-known work that aligns with these themes."