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

Author: Neil Postman Year: 1985 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780143036531 014303653X

Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals. Similar books: The Lies That Bind by Kwame Anthony Appiah The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray The Way of Men by Jack Donovan Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti Habits of the Heart by Robert N. Bellah Liars and Outliers by Bruce Schneier Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier Denialism by Michael Specter Propaganda and the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky Justice by Michael J. Sandel Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig True Hallucinations by Terence McKenna The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler Unprotected by Miriam Grossman Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff Party of One by Anneli Rufus On Democracy by Robert A. Dahl Models of Democracy by David Held Your Brain Is God by Timothy Leary