Following my brief synopsis of Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, my intent with this post is to extrapolate some of his thinking into modern media practices, specifically social media within the internet age. These thoughts are reflective, not researched, so I certainly welcome any feedback. The nature of social media, though often utilizing the written…
Amused to Death Part 1: A Post-Postman Postman Post
I finally got around to reading Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, about three decades too late. It is easy to see why the premise of the book continues to raise contention today. To the modern reader, it may momentarily feel dated; in its conclusion, it focuses on the ravaging of the television on our…