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How to watch TV news

by Neil Postman

First published: 1992

Description

America is suffering from an information glut, and most Americans are no longer clear about what news is worth remembering or how any of it connects to anything else. Thus Americans are rapidly becoming the least knowledgeable people in the industrial world. For anyone who wants to control--not be controlled by--the powerful influence of television, How to Watch TV News shows you how to become a discerning viewer.

Subjects

Content analysis (Communication) Psychological aspects Psychological aspects of Television broadcasting of news Social aspects Social aspects of Television broadcasting of news Television broadcasting of news Televisie Télévision Nachrichtensendung Fernsehen Aspect social Émissions de nouvelles

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