Amazing Ourselves to Death: Neil Postman's Brave New World Revisited

By Lance Strate

Book Overview

Integrating Postman's arguments about television with his critique of technology in general, Strate considers the current state of journalism, politics, religion, and education in American culture. Strate also contextualizes Amusing Ourselves to Death through an examination of Postman's life and career and the field of media ecology that Postman introduced.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433119307
• ISBN13: 9781433119309
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"