Neil Postman‚ a famous writer‚ professor of media ecology at New York University‚ in “Euphemism” discusses the social and cultural significance of euphemism by tackling its aspects. Firstly‚ Postman begins his expository with a common‚ dictionary-entry-type definition of euphemism” – an auspicious or exalted term that is used in place of more down- to earth term. Postman reveals that euphemism has got a bad name because it is a way to give pretty names to essentially ugly realities. And he
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Teacher” by Neil Postman and “Why Games Are Good for You” by Steven Johnson are both articles that examine different strategies about collateral learning. Postman’s article stated how certain shows on television can affect education. Johnson’s article was similar but his statement is about how learning can be educational by playing videos. Collateral learning can have positive and negative influences on education. In his article “Television as Teacher” scholar and critic Neil Postman gives his views
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technology has done to our society‚ but the one argument postman would make is that it has made us into robots. The technological development that have ensued in the last 25 years‚ seem to be thought of as the greatest things that ever happened to man‚ but is it still the friend we once knew or has it become the foe that will ruin us. The dependency we place on our phones and computers forces us to use little to no thought or brain activity. So‚ if postman could see us now he would think we were obviously
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media theorist Neil Postman foresees the coming age with great agitation and dejection. He sees the new technology as a drastic change in the conception of learning and asserts‚ “it undermines the old idea of school” (Postman‚ 1993‚ p. 19). Myron Tuman‚ another scholar of the English language‚ agrees with Postman and notes how different things are towards the end of the twentieth century “with practically all aspects of print literacy… under attack” (Tuman‚ 1992‚ p. 41). Postman (1993‚ pp. 4-5) states
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complex narratives.” This being supported by a study performed in 2008‚ had shown that people actually yearn for in-depth‚ intellectual stories‚ yet cannot seem to get into them. Such overtures of todays generation is the product of what author Neil Postman (1985) as well as CNBC’s Co-Creator and Executive Producer of “The Squawk Box” and “Squawk on the Street”‚ Matt Quayle‚ say is from television being the medium. In Quayle’s 2010 article “The Method of the Medium is in Motion”‚ he goes on to say
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tyrannical reign may spell devastation for our society. A culture is defined by its truths. Those truths are not universal‚ but uniquely shaped by the various media forms of a people (9). Information is shaped by the mode of its dissemination. Postman describes our media forms as “like metaphors‚ working by unobtrusive but powerful implication to enforce their special definitions of reality” (10). Our reality is an amalgamation of our perceptions. These perceptions are the representation of the
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Modern technology‚ which includes the television‚ advertising‚ and cell phones‚ negatively affects individuals and relationships between citizens‚ politics‚ religion‚ and the society as a whole. In the articles by Turkle‚ Postman‚ and Killbourne‚ they write about modern technology‚ and the different ways in which it affects society. In “Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self” by Sherry Turkle‚ she writes about modern communication devices and the affects they have on people in modern society
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Technopoly‚ Neil Postman demonstrates the argument against the use of writing through an excerpt from Plato’s work Phaedrus(Postman‚ Neil (1992) Technopoly‚ Vintage‚ New York‚ pp 73). In this excerpt the scholar Socrates recounts the story of Thamus‚ the Egyptian king and Theuth the inventor of the written word. In this story‚ Theuth presents his new invention "writing" to King Thamus‚ telling Thamus that his new invention "will improve both the wisdom and memory of the Egyptians"(Postman‚ Neil (1992)
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pastimes” (Dewey). Neil Postman and Bell Hooks both found themselves intrigued when they learned of this term‚ which led to them researching more about them‚ and eventually writing two different sides to a very similar story. The television show the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‚ proves that it can be something educational to watch. While at the same time‚ show the story of a young man from West Philadelphia‚ just trying to make a better life for himself. When it came to Neil Postman who talked about how
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In chapter two‚ Postman seems to indicate that even serious forms of media are becoming forms of entertainment. To me‚ a great example of this can be found in the media’s portrayal of the 2016 Presidential election. Carr on the other hand seems to take the approach that the fast flow of media is desensitizing people to new stories. Both authors‚ especially Postman‚ emphasize on how new media formats affect what viewers accept as truth.
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