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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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Hardcover
from Viking Pr (November 1, 1985)
9780670804542 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge
Paperback
20 anv edition from Penguin USA (December 27, 2005)
9780143036531 | details & prices | 184 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge, in a special anniversary edition of the classic critique of the influence of the mass media on a democratic society.
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge, in a special anniversary edition of the classic critique of the influence of the mass media on a democratic society.
from Viking Pr (November 1, 1986)
9780140094381 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation and knowledge
CD/Spoken Word
With Jeff Riggenbach (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 20, 2010)
9781441767363 | details & prices | 6.75 × 6.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $49.00
With Jeff Riggenbach (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 20, 2010)
9781441767387 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $19.95
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Jeff Riggenbach (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (April 1, 1994)
9780786104604 | details & prices | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation, and knowledge.
About: Examines the ways in which television has transformed public discourse--in politics, education, religion, science, and elsewhere--into a form of entertainment that undermines exposition, explanation, and knowledge.