How to Watch Tv News by Neil Postman

How to Watch Tv News by Neil Postman

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.

Neil Postman was a New York University University Professor, the Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and the Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication. Childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood), public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death), education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education), and the impact of technology (Technopoly) are only a few of his twenty books. His passion for education began with his work as an elementary and secondary school teacher. In 2003, he passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780140132311
ISBN 10	0140132317
Title	How to Watch Tv News
Author	Neil Postman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1993-02-25
Number of pages	192
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