Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of S...

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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It seems distant now, but once upon a time the Internet was going to save us from the menace of TV. Since the late fifties, TV has had a special role, both as the country’s dominant medium, in audience and influence, and as a bête noire for a certain strain of American intellectuals, who view it as the root of all evil. In “Amusing Ourselves to Dea... See more

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