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Author
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman's groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media -- from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs -- it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents a guide to raising children with a healthy attitude toward sex and sexuality in a culture that provides a skewed sense of body image, role models, and the makeup of healthy intimate relationships, offering an antidote to the media's assault on childhood.
Series
Connections volume 9-10
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
A series presenting science as a detective story illustrating the connections between events of the past and inventions of the future. Part 9: Traces the discoveries and inventions which gave rise to the motion picture. Incredible events led to Thomas Edison's remarkable invention; the beginnings of limelight on an Irish mountain; George Eastman's production of celluloid; the "magic lantern" of an Austrian ballistics teacher. Concludes by posing questions...