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

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Postman offers a great analysis of how media shapes culture and discourse. In a print-based society exposition was commonplace as well as critically approaching topics of discussion. In the advent of television as the prevailing media much of the context and nuance has been stripped from subjects (religion, politics, news, commerce, etc.) in lieu of image, visual appeal, and provoking an emotional reaction.