Neil Postman

Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge, in a special anniversary edition of the classic critique of the influence of the mass media on a democratic society. Reprint.

Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Amusing Ourselves to Death

A social critic argues that the United States has become a "technopoly"--a system that sacrifices social institutions for self-perpetuating technological advancement--and suggests ways to use technical skills to enhance our democracy

The Surrender of Culture to Technology

Technopoly

A critical analysis of American education states that poor motivational techniques and a lack of focus are at the core of most problems and offers four methods that can be implemented to promote educational reform. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Redefining the Value of School

The End of Education

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Televizyon

From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today−and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood. Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds. Informative, alarming, and aphorisitc, The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.

The Disappearance of Childhood

Essays discuss social science, Germany, literary magazines, television commercials, education, nuclear war, conservatism, teaching, and the disappearance of childhood

Stirring Up Trouble about Language, Technology, and Education

Conscientious Objections

A leading cultural and social critic explores the key humane ideas that emerged out of eighteenth-century philosophy and science to analyze their relevance to the modern world, arguing that by rediscovering the lessons of history, we can dramatically enhance the quality of life for the future. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

How the Past Can Improve Our Future

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century

Charles Weingartner

American University in Cairo

"A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world"--Jacket subtitle.

Teaching as a Subversive Activity

Mustafa Emre Yılmaz

Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology

Teknopoli

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Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge.

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Tecnópolis

Neil Postman, con Huxley, se pregunta "de qué nos reímos y por qué hemos dejado de pensar," y dirige sus respuestas a la televisión y a su modo entretenido de presentar, que ha transformado drásticamente la política, la educación, el periodismo, la ciencia y la religión. Recordando la frase del actor presidente norteamericano Ronald Reagan (La política es igual que el show business), Postman se lamenta de la muerte de la palabra impresa, con pasión de profesor y melancolía de sabio historiador. El principal error de la cultura del entretenimiento, según Postman, consiste en el hecho de que produce vastas cantidades de información sin ofrecer ningún contexto para la comprensión, lo que provoca la inutilidad de dicha información (...). La televisión comercial obliga a los espectadores a tener una conciencia fracturada, con su omnipresente "y ahora... Esto," cuando pasa a su tarea de vender. Timothy Erwin, Michigan Quarterly Review Neil Postman dibuja una sociedad que camina, aceleradamente, hacia la estupidez colectiva, en un marco de libertades formales inútiles porque nadie las podrá ejercer, por desconocimiento, en un mundo universal donde cuatro grandes comunicadores -viejos actores, deportistas famosos, presentadores con glamur- serán los Grandes Escritores omnipotentes y omnipresentes. Josep Bargalló, Avui Con prosa fácil y ejemplos sencillos y brillantes, Neil Postman acaba por provocar la inquietud en el lector, conduciendo sus reflexiones a datos tan significativos como el fenómeno de la existencia de una cantidad de información tal que, reforzada por el tratamiento de flash de la radio o la televisión, acaba provocando un auténtico descontrol en el ciudadano. Carles Geli, El Periódico de Catalunya

El discurso público en la era del "show business"

Divertirse hasta morir

Matinya Pendidikan

المعارضة الأخلاقية مقاومة عسكرة المجتمع

the surrender of culture to technology

Steve Powers (Ph. D.)

A guide to interpreting television news discusses how news programs are presented and the difference between what they say they present and what they actually deliver

How to Watch TV News

dyskurs publiczny w epoce show-businessu

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Explains how to reduce ridiculous communication so that verbal behavior will not be an excessive burden.

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