eReaderIQ is a free service which depends on user contributions to stay open. Click here to learn why.
If you would like to contribute to the continued development of eReaderIQ, you can start by clicking one of the buttons below.
I appreciate your support!
Log In to track Neil Postman on eReaderIQ.
Education & Teaching
In a series of feisty and ultimately hopeful essays, one of America's sharpest social critics casts a shrewd eye over contemporary culture to reveal the worst -- and the best -- of our habits of discourse, tendencies in... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today?and the corresponding threat to the... See More
Engineering & Transportation
What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's... See More
Education & Teaching
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods -- with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world. Praise for Teaching As a Subversive Activity "A healthy dose of... See More
Computers & Technology
A witty, often terrifying that chronicles our transformation into a society that is shaped by technology -- from the acclaimed author of Amusing Ourselves to Death. "A provocative book... A tool for fighting back against... See More
Education & Teaching
In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents... See More
History
At a time when we are reexamining our values, reeling from the pace of change, witnessing the clash between good instincts and "pragmatism," dealing with the angst of a new millennium, Neil Postman, one of our most... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
Divertirsi da morire di Neil Postman è una presa di coscienza collettiva dei caratteri distopici che la società in cui viviamo sta assumendo. Lo scenario però non è quello descritto da George Orwell in 1984, quello... See More
Politics & Social SciencesIn questa risposta vivacemente provocatoria riguardo i motivi della crisi dell'educazione, Neil Postman torna sull'argomento che lo ha visto come uno dei più profondi lettori della società. Partendo dalla considerazione... See More
Foreign Languages
Postman condensa la sua tesi esposta in questo libro in una frase: la stampa ha creato l'infanzia, la televisione la sta annullando. La sua tesi riposa su una contestazione: lo spettacolo televisivo, soprattutto lo... See More