What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than... Zobraziť viac
Television news: genuine information or entertainment fodder? Fifteen years ago, Neil Postman, a pioneer in media education and author of the bestselling Amusing Ourselves to Death, and Steve Powers, an award-winning broadcast journalist, concluded... Zobraziť viac
'We aren't primarily ruled by politicians, theologians or the military. We're ruled by technology . . . Postman's warnings about how technology shapes us are as relevant as they ever were.' THE TIMESWhat happens when media and politics become just... Zobraziť viac
Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of... Zobraziť viac
