Amusing Ourselves to Death : Public Disc

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 ever.It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNNOriginally published in 1985 Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now with television 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 become subject to the demands of  entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media so that they can serve our highest goals.“A brilliant powerful and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and so far as I can see an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post Book World