Amusing Ourselves to Death Study Guide

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Amusing Ourselves to Death is a 1985 book by Neil Postman about the effect of television on media, communication and society. Postman asserts that "form excludes content," meaning that every medium is appropriate for a certain level and kind of thought. Most importantly, television allows for far less intellectual stimulation than the written word. As a result, the proliferation of television has caused the erosion of serious thought in politics and religion as audiences absorb images rather than ideas and sound bites rather than unabridged arguments.

Amusing Ourselves to Death Book Notes

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