Talk:Amusing Ourselves to Death
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I have trimmed the entry for this book in Neil Postman to a bare minimum, and moved the existing treatment here, then cleaned it up a bit. This needs a major rewrite and expansion: this is an important book.
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[edit] Newspaper
i cloudly remember he wrote about newspapers as well, (i ll check if i stumble over this book again) 1 page papers y 18xx transforming from local citizen-related useful information to a global useless information today, aka ...what helps the information of a fallen sac of rice elsewhere to YOUR LIFE?
[edit] Rational argument?
I find it funny that rational argument is a red-link on Wikipedia. Someone should fix this. --Zemylat 05:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC) get to the point already, POSTMAN!
[edit] Planning Improvements
I am taking it upon myself to add telegraphy and photography as examples. The author stresses both as important predecessors to the television. -Rich
[edit] Cover Art
I much prefer the older cover, I believe it was the 70's edition. It was text only, which I believe stands much better with the author's point. -Rich
[edit] Forward
I added the section Forward (by the author) firm in the belief that it is fair use (17 U.S.C. ยง 107) per subsections (1) Non-profit educational use; (3) Is a brief excerpt; (4) I have "sold" associates on the entire book based on a reading of the incisive forward. Futhermore, to my reading it complies with Wikipedia copyright policy. I shan't object if this change is reverted due to my misinterpretation (but would appreciate knowing where I went afoul) Fydfyd Fydfyd
[edit] Controversial?
The intro paragraph currently describes Amusing Ourselves to Death as a controversial book, can anyone put in something about why it's controversial? (I have no idea where I might find criticism of Postman's ideas.) For now, I will remove the reference to it being controversial. Emmett5 (talk) 04:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
