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Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Amusing Ourselves to Death, offers a prescient critique of television's impact on public discourse. An American educator and media theorist, Neil Postman examines how the rise of visual media, particularly television, has transformed the way we process information, leading to a decline in critical thinking, rational debate, and engagement in civic life.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,592
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,052
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,018
In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs....
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Excellent Content Read at Warp Speed
- By chaoticmuse on 03-17-11
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-16-07
- Language: English
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How to Watch TV News
- By: Neil Postman, Steve Powers
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 202
America is suffering from an information glut. Author and academic Neil Postman and television journalist Steve Powers tell you how to become a discerning viewer....
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Fair warning for TV watchers
- By Seth H. Wilson on 02-27-15
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How to Watch TV News
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-08-06
- Language: English
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Technopoly
- The Surrender of Culture to Technology
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 691
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 588
In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it....
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Technopoly
- The Surrender of Culture to Technology
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 09-11-12
- Language: English
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The Disappearance of Childhood
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 229
From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today....
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An incredible essay on history, education, and media
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The Disappearance of Childhood
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-19-07
- Language: English
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Science and Technology
- By: Neil Postman, Jane Metcalfe, Howard Rheingold, and others
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 2 hrs
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 8
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Technology has a powerful capacity to affect the way we perceive the world and how it works. The authors...
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stealth propaganda for intelligent design!
- By Client Amazon on 11-01-05
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Science and Technology
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 12-16-99
- Language: English
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