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Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Neil Postman,Neil Postman |
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 rega… |
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Television in American society
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Glenn Alan Cheney |
In examining America's enthrallment with television, such aspects of the "ultimate mass medium" are explored as television and children, television and truth, television as business, and the future o… |
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The age of missing information
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Bill McKibben |
An excellent study of the modern extraction of man from his surroundings. Mr. McKibben, through an enlightening experiment of media vs. nature, pits McLuhan against Emerson to find the value of the i… |
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Performing television
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Elizabeth Klaver |
"Is it possible today to understand current genres such as drama and theater without considering the influence of television? Elizabeth Klaver argues that television's dominance of the entertainment … |
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Television
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Raymond Williams |
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Violence on television
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Barrie Gunter |
"This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken. The research was funded by the broadcasting industry and was designed to provide an up-to-date snapsho… |
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