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

Neil Postman

• Other Authors Andrew Postman (Introduction)
• Title

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

• Date 2006 [1985]
• ISBN 9780143036531
• Publisher New York: Penguin Books
• Description 208 p; 7 in
• Language English
• Collections Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive, Jaime Davidovich Collection
• Summary

  Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of  entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals (Penguin Random House).

• Tags Media studies, Popular culture, Television