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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil Postman
1985
Viking
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How Entertainment Mangled Public Discourse
Neil Postman’s jeremiad against TV seems rather quaint today—and not just because he was shouting into the wind and knew it.
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Katha Pollitt
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The New Republic
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November 20, 2024
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Are We Having Too Much Fun?
In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
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Megan Garber
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The Atlantic
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April 27, 2017
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How TV Paved America’s Road to Trump
“A brand mascot that jumped off the cereal box”: a TV critic explains the multimedia character Trump created.
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Sean Illing
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James Poniewozik
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Vox
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November 7, 2019
