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Mass media -- United States.
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Postman, Neil.
Mass media -- Influence.
Mass media -- United States.
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Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman ; new introduction by Andrew Postman.
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Postman, Neil.
Penguin Books, 2006, c2005.
Call #:
302.23 P858a 2006
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Mass media -- Influence.
Mass media -- United States.
ISBN:
9780143036531 (pbk.)
Edition:
20th anniversary ed.
Description:
xx, 184 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Viking Penguin, 1985.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.
Contents:
Introduction to the Twentieth anniversary edition -- In 1985 -- Foreword -- The medium is the metaphor -- Media as epistemology -- Typographic America -- The typographic mind -- The peek-a-boo world -- The age of show business -- "Now...this" -- Shuttle off to Bethlehem -- Reach out and elect someone -- Teaching as an amusing activity -- The Huxleyan warning.
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302.23 P858a 2006
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