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Neil
Postman
writing
on the web
Neil Postman, chair of the Department of Culture and Communications at New York University, has written important books on education (including Teaching as a Conserving Activity and The Disappearance of Childhood), on the effect of media (Amusing Ourselves to Death), and on the overall effects of technology (Technopoly).
Postman has the following works on the web:
- Foreword from
Amusing Ourselves to Death, the book where Postman criticizes the mass
media, including cultural icons such as
- Excerpts from Technopoly, the book with Postman's most general criticisms of technology.
- Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change: an address that sums up Postman's thinking about technology.
- Informing Ourselves to Death: A speech to the German Informatics Society on the disadvantages of computer technology.
- Forum with Neil Postman Neil Postman answers questions on this PBS on-line forum.
Other Resources
- Biography of Neil Postman, by TECHNOS Quarterly. size 2K
- Technopoly Topics: a page where you can enter comments on Postman’s book Technopoly. size 3K.
If you know of any other writing on the web by Neil Postman, please let us know: send e-mail to: webpages@preservenet.com.
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