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Essay Galaxy - Trapped Inside the TV
Trapped Inside the TV
What is it that controls what is accepted and rejected within any society? Who decides what is right, and what is wrong, and what is an illusion? In Amusing Ourselves to death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show business, Neil Postman makes many arguments that the dominant medium of culture conversation, does not simply reflect a culture that is already in effect, but rather this medium reshapes culture into its own image and likeness. Postman believes that each of the dominant mediums whether it be the spoken word, the printed word, or the newest technology of satellites and televisions, shapes our prevailing expectations of what is appropriate and what is an illusion! Are we trapped inside a world of sitcoms, cartoons, and gossip news stories?
This basic belief abo....
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