My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, by favoring certain definitions of intelligence and wisdom, and by demanding a certain kind of content - in a phrase, by creating new forms of truth-telling.


Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (ed. Penguin, 2005) - ISBN: 9781101042625

Neil Postman Quotes

My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, ...

My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, ...

My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, ...

My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the intellect, ...