amusing ourselves to death
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AMUSING OURSELVES
TO DEATH PRESENTATION ON THE MEDIUM IS THE METAPHOR & MEDIA IS EPISTEMOLOGY
POSTMAN PROJECT Lauren. Jasmine. Andrea. Daniella. Alec.
S h a n n a n B u t l e r E d i t i o n
Shift in Content The decline in the Age of Typography and the ascendancy of the Age of Television has dramatically and irreversibly shifted content and meaning of public discourse.
Media Influences Behavior
The media of communication is a dominant influence on the formation of the culture’s intellectual and social preoccupations.
“Media-Metaphor” Shift Content of public discourse during the era of the printing press was coherent, serious and rational; but due to the content put out on television, content has become shriveled and absurd.
Truth Linked to Biases of Expression
The concept of truth is intimately linked to the biases of forms of expression. Each culture conceives it as being most authentically expressed in certain symbolic forms.
Effects of Television-Based Epistemology
The decline of a print-based epistemology and the rise of a television-based epistemology has grave consequences for public life.