Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education

Postman, Neil

ISBN 10: 067973421X / ISBN 13: 9780679734215

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067973421X
• ISBN 13: 9780679734215
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Neil postman examines commercials, evening newscasts, and advertising to reveal the cultural consequences of technological change and explore education's responsibilty to guide us away from the media muse.

About the Author

Neil Postman was a University Professor, the Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and the chair of the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, all at New York University. Among his 20 books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood); public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death); education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education); and the impact of technology (Technopoly). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.