E-book
Amusing ourselves to death public discourse in the age of show business
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101035139 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1101035137 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781101042625 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1101042621 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781101040539 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 110104053X (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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Physical Description:
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xx, 184 p. ; 20 cm. - Edition: 20th anniversary ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction to the Twentieth anniversary edition -- In 1985 -- Foreword -- 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" -- Shuttle off to Bethlehem -- Reach out and elect someone -- Teaching as an amusing activity -- The Huxleyan warning. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 8386 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 275 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 358 KB). |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
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| Subject: | Mass media -- Influence Mass media -- United States |
| Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. |
