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Availability:In StockContributor:Neil Postman, Steve PowersAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-07-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143113775ISBN-10:143113771UPC:9780143113775Book Category:Social Science, Performing Arts, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Media Studies, Television, JournalismBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.79 x 5.07 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3197Product ID:SC1EZDYBNW
A scathing and prescient look at television news' now updated for the new tech-savvy generation

Television news: genuine information or entertainment fodder? Fifteen years ago, Neil Postman, a pioneer in media education and author of the bestselling Amusing Ourselves to Death, and Steve Powers, an award-winning broadcast journalist, concluded that anyone who relies exclusively on their television for accurate world news is making a big mistake. A cash cow laden with money from advertisers, so-called news shows glut viewers with celebrity coverage at the cost of things they really should know. Today, this message is still appallingly true but the problems have multiplied, along with the power of the Internet and the abundance of cable channels. A must-read for anyone concerned with the way media is manipulating our worldview, this newly revised edition addresses the evolving technology and devolving quality of America's television news programming.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143113775ISBN-10:143113771UPC:9780143113775Book Category:Social Science, Performing Arts, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Media Studies, Television, JournalismBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:7.79 x 5.07 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3197Product ID:SC1EZDYBNW
Neil Postman (1931-2003) was chairman of the Department of Communication Arts at New York University and founder of its Media Ecology program. He wrote more than twenty books.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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