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Amusing Ourselves to Death. By: Neil Postman Greg, Kait , Greg. Theme 1. Medium is the message “Each medium, like language itself, makes possible a unique mode of discourse by providing a new orientation for thought, for expression, for sensibility.”. Theme 2.
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Amusing Ourselves to Death By: Neil Postman Greg, Kait, Greg
Theme 1 • Medium is the message • “Each medium, like language itself, makes possible a unique mode of discourse by providing a new orientation for thought, for expression, for sensibility.”
Theme 2 • Metaphors connect to our thought process • “a metaphor suggests what a thing is like by comparing it to something else. And by the power of suggestion, it so fixes a conception in our minds that we cannot imagine the one without the other”
Theme 3 • Written more important than speech • Lincoln Douglas debate • “The audience was able to process it through the ear is remarkable only to people whose culture no longer resonates powerfully with the printed word.”
Theme 4 • Speech is the primary carrier of the truth • “still widely practice medieval ritual known as a “doctoral oral” I use the word medieval literally for in the middle ages students were always examined orally and the tradition is carried forward in the assumption that a candidate must be able to talk completely about his written work.” page 20
Theme 5 • Visuals can easily sway your opinions • Amazon and facebook advertisements
Theme 6 • Each culture has different beliefs • “in such laws, reference is made to Satan, whose evil designs, it was supposed, could be thwarted at every turn by education” page 32-33
Author’s main point The way society is changing is effecting our thought process which is changing our cultures expectationsbut also can be used for good.
