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Neil Postman
Postman takes an enlightening look at the long-term effects of mass media–how it transforms the world, and the ways in which the media onslaught can be challenged.
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Essays discuss social science, Germany, literary magazines, television commercials, education, nuclear war, conservatism, teaching, and the disappearance of childhood.
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A brilliant powerful and important book….This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. –Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
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Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of…
Acclaimed cultural critic Neil Postman looks back to the 18th century at the humane ideas he believes Americans would do well to embrace anew as a new century begins.
Neil Postman, con Huxley, se pregunta de que nos reimos y por que hemos dejado de pensar , y dirige sus respuestas a la television y a su modo entretenido…
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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…
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…
Julia Schubert
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, Martin Luther University (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course…
Neil Postman,Steve Powers
An important guide to understanding what you’re getting–and not getting–from TV news. Postman and Powers warn that anyone who relies exclusively on TV for a knowledge of the world is…
Lance Strate
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…
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Marc Gross-Brandt
Inhaltlich unveranderte Neuauflage. Der Mensch weiss sich in der modernen Welt kaum noch zurecht zu finden. Medial ist er zu einem Sklaven trivialer Information geworden. Das globale Wirtschaftssystem beraubt den…
Alina Klimpel
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Paedagogik - Medienpaedagogik, Note: 1,3, FernUniversitaet Hagen (Bildungswissenschaft und Medienforschung), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Neil Postmans Medienkritik wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit dahingehend untersucht…
Susanne Brunner
Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Schlagzeilen wie: Ende der Kindheit , Wenn die Kindheit verschwindet , Um die Kindheit betrogen , Kinder - gestresst und uberfordert in der Presse und Fernsehen zeigen, dass…
Ingomar Robier
In seiner hermeneutischen und auch konstruktivistischen Studie uber den US-Medienguru und Bestsellerautor Neil Postman (Das Verschwinden der Kindheit, Wir amusieren uns zu Tode, Die zweite Aufklarung) untersucht der Autor die…
Karl-Heinz Dehn
Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: In den politischen, wissenschaftlichen und padagogischen Debatten der letzten Jahre wird oft die Meinung vertreten, dass padagogische Prozesse genauso steuerbar sind wie der Bau eines Autos. Padagogisch gesteuerte…
