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Published in 1985, this book does a wonderful job of chronicling the loss of america's greatest natural resource. It is no surprise that this book has made a revival in recent years. Reviewing in september of this book is a really really good read.
If you can take some time to really unpack and digest this section, the rest of this book becomes quite enlightening.
Even dated as it is, postman asks the right questions to stoke our discursive juices and jumpstart our perceptions. Postman is a prophetic voice.
He takes many satirical jabs at american politics which in a fit of irony even he could not predict totally came to fruition 20 years later. He supplies many examples to support his arguments, from televangelism and televised politics like ads and deb... Read More
He argues convincingly how a typographic media culture promotes reason and opens the possibility for democracy as a viable form of governance. His discussion on the impacts of new technologies on culture is poignant and is pertinent today. It seems to... Read More
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Postman's thesis is most likely destined to go to the dustbin of political theory. The economics of capitalism are far too regarded to simply be carelessly sacrificed on his rhetorical altar. Postman, is simply a frustrated man, who sounds like the gr... Read More
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The book is well protected when arrive nice product
The book enlightens readers with how the media by which people communicate affects how people learn and think with the implicat... Read More
Remembering my school days i feel sorry for the poor students who had to read this book
Television is designed to make everything it touches entertaining and it has infiltrated our culture so much so that with the a... Read More
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Its academic nature especially in part one will be a turn off to some
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By sticking with it part one will be justified through part two and the end result is that the authors 40year old preachings and worries have largely proven true and that today’s society seems to be no closer to addressing or working to solve them
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However i would be very curious about postmans views of todays culture
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Television is wholly inappropriate for this discussion and because its taken over as our primary mode of communication nuanced well thought out political discussion has necessarily disappeared
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I simply understand that certain messages carry through typography and certain messages carry through social media and tv and unfortunately the messages that carry through social media and tv are quite awful
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I have always found the world of my adult experience to be inordinately shallow and intellectually vapid
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Its not just that i grew up to be a cantankerous old fart through my own perversity
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Though i’m not likely to die any time soon a mancold is miserable
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