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What happens when media and politics develop into forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look an increasing number of like Orwell’s 1984, Neil’s Postman’s essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever.
“It’s unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent shouldn’t have surprised Postman.” –CNN
Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of tv on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with tv joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion develop into subject to the demands of entertainment. It’s also a blueprint for regaining regulate of our media, in order that they may be able to serve our highest goals.
“A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, as far as I will see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World