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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
AuthorNeil Postman
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedia ecology
PublisherViking Penguin (US), Methuen Publishing (UK)
Publication date
1985 (1985)
Media typePrint
Pages184
ISBN0670804541
Dewey Decimal
302.2/34
LC ClassP94.P63 1985[1]
TextAmusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business at Internet Archive

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) is a book by educator Neil Postman. It has been translated into eight languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide. In 2005, Postman's son Andrew reissued the book in a 20th anniversary edition.[not verified in body]

  1. ^ Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Viking. 1985. ISBN 9780670804542. Retrieved October 30, 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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