Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessViking, 1985 - 184 pagina's Postman takes an enlightening look at the long-term effects of mass media--how it transforms our world, and the ways in which the media onslaught can be challenged. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Media as Epistemology | 16 |
Typographic America | 30 |
The Typographic Mind | 44 |
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