Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

1 review

toffishay's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

3.75

This book definitely challenges some preconceived notions that I had about television and expanded my understanding of television as a medium of communication and the way that it defines and degrades public discourse. Some of the conclusions reached seem a little extreme to me and the printed word is deified, especially in the discussions about past political discourse in America, that could benefit from a more inter-sectional lens. I appreciate the perspective and the argument and see the value in the continuing conversation about "amusing ourselves to death" particularly as the Internet has come to overtake television in national discourse in many ways.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism