Neil Postman
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| - | '''Neil Postman''' ([[March 8]], [[1931]] - [[October 5]], [[2003]]) was an [[United States|American]] professor, [[media theory|media theorist]], and [[cultural criti]]c who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, ''[[Amusing Ourselves to Death]]''. For more than forty years, he was associated with [[New York University]]. Postman was an old-fashioned humanist, who believed that "there is a limit to the promise of new technology, and that it cannot be a substitute for human values." | + | '''Neil Postman''' ([[March 8]], [[1931]] - [[October 5]], [[2003]]) was an [[United States|American]] professor, [[media theory|media theorist]], and [[cultural critic]] who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, ''[[Amusing Ourselves to Death]]''. For more than forty years, he was associated with [[New York University]]. Postman was an old-fashioned humanist, who believed that "there is a limit to the promise of new technology, and that it cannot be a substitute for human values." |
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Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 - October 5, 2003) was an American professor, media theorist, and cultural critic who is best known by the general public for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death. For more than forty years, he was associated with New York University. Postman was an old-fashioned humanist, who believed that "there is a limit to the promise of new technology, and that it cannot be a substitute for human values."
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