Amusing Ourselves to Death

<b>What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's <i>1984</i> Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. <p/></b>It's unlikely that Trump has ever read <i>Amusing Ourselves to Death</i> but his ascent would not have surprised Postman. -<i>CNN</i> <p/>Originally 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. <i>Amusing Ourselves to Death</i> 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. <p/>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 <i>The Washington Post Book World</i>