Amusing Ourselves To Death By Neil Postman

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In the article titled amusing ourselves to death it does state and show the credentials of the author Neil Postman. At the beginning of the article it states that, “Neil Postman was educated at the State University of New York in Fredonia and Columbia University. In 1971, he founded a graduate program in media ecology at NYU and eventually chaired the Department of Culture and Communication. Postman was a prolific and sometimes controversial writer in the fields of language and media theory.” To me after reading this article I would say that the writer Neil Postman is trustworthy. The reason why I would say that is the fact that he gives both sides of the argument in his article shows that he isn’t biased, which also means that he can be more

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