Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business
Examines the effects of television on American society, arguing that media messages, which were generally coherent, serious, and rational when in print, have become shriveled and absurd due to the medium of television
viii, 184 pages ; 22 cm
9780670804542, 0670804541
1043689841
The medium is the metaphor
Media as epistemology
Typographic America
The typographic mind
The peek-a-boo world
The age of show business
"Now
this"
Shuffle off to Bethlehem
Reach out and elect someone
Teaching as an amusing activity
The Huxleyan warning
Includes index
"Elisabeth Sifton books."