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    2013 Television as Teacher Television is the main source of entertainment in America and across the world. Television is how we get our information about such things as: weather‚ breaking news‚ politics‚ and even just the latest celebrity gossip. Adults and children alike‚ watch TV to relax and learn about the world around them; but how much of that information is being retained is the question Neil Postman longs to answer. Based upon his essay “Television as Teacher” not much‚ Postman believes

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    Despite this fact‚ language still has its pitfalls. Neil Postman‚ in his essay “Defending Against the Indefensible‚” outlines seven concepts that can be used to aid a student in better understanding the language as a means of communication. He describes how modern teaching methods leave a student vulnerable to the “prejudices of their elders”‚ further stating that a good teacher must always be skeptical. He urges teachers of all subjects to break free from traditional teachings

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    In Neil Postman’s "Defending Against the Indefensible"‚ he suggests that our society has been culturally brainwashed. Therefore‚ Postman has given us seven key elements of critical thinking to help us understand the English language and avoid the manipulation of language: definition‚ questions‚ simplicity of words‚ metaphors‚ reification‚ style and tone‚ and the non-neutrality of media. Postman’s first principle is that a definition is only a means of helping us achieve our goals. Definitions

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    Lauren Stanger English 251 2/2/2015 I think Postman’s main argument is that Television is not meant for education solely which is reflected in various different academic studies in his article. That tv can have educational qualities while being entertaining but that it is not the means to end‚ edutainment is what Postman dubs Sesame street early on. As seen with the research he has duly noted is very conclusive. When we watch tv the average tv watcher only retains 20 percent

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    Part I On page 11‚ Postman quotes Niels Bohr as saying‚ "The opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement‚ but the opposite of a profound truth is another profound truth." What does this statement mean? Do you agree with it? Why or why not? Opposition creates two points of view and provides a stronger meaning for both sides. A correct statement‚ “I like ice cream‚” is opposed by the incorrect statement‚ “I don’t like ice cream.” If I only observe the correct statement‚ I have no

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    the serious issues of our time as nothing more than fodder for entertainment. Television is the biggest culprit‚ and those of us who grew up on television have been damaged in ways that are now so universally common that they go unnoticed. Neil Postman’ s examination of this problem in his 1985 book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ is a dire warning of the consequences of living in a culture dominated by television‚ and while over 20 years have passed since this book was written‚ the introduction

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    advancement came a decrease of society’s intelligence. Neil Postman‚ author of “Future Schlock‚” points out how mediocre American human intelligence is due to all the technology around us. According to Postman‚ America was once called “the empire of reason” because it was founded by intellectuals; Henry Steele Commager was the gentleman who coined this phrase‚ however‚ he was aptly referring to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Postman denotes an absolute truth‚ that mass media is diminishing

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    The articles “Technology” by Neil Postman and “I’m So Totally‚ Digitally‚ Close to You” by Clive Thompson both set to address the role of technology in society and debate whether the internet has an effect on community. Does community exist on the internet? Thompson argues that the internet‚ social media more specifically‚ provides a “dynamic of small town life”. With the involvement of social media in the twenty first century‚ does the definition of community adapt to this new phenomenon. The possibility

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    Lost in Technopoly The book Technopoly (1992) by Neil Postman‚ published more than two decades ago‚ before social media as we know it today in the 21st century. Despite the passage of time‚ Postman’s critique of technology remains current and relevant‚ even though technology has made advances that he could not have been able to fathom. Whether the reader agrees or disagrees with Postman‚ what he is trying to accomplish is to raise a heightened awareness of ourselves

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    Modern Epistemology In the book‚ “Amusing Ourselves to Death‚” by Neil Postman‚ he poses the idea that the medium is essential “because of the way it directs us to organize our minds and integrate our experience of the world‚ it imposes itself on our consciousness and social institutions in myriad forms” (Postman 18). In the 31 years since this book was written modern epistemology has evolved beyond what Postman could have envisioned. Postman’s definition of epistemology was that it “is a complex

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