How to Watch TV News

How to Watch TV News

Neil Postman, Steve Powers

InläsareJeff Riggenbach
Betyg5.0
Längd4 tim 30 min
Språken
FörlagBlackstone Publishing
ISBN9781481540933

America is suffering from an information glut. 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.

In How to Watch TV News, author and academic Neil Postman and television journalist Steve Powers show how you can become a discerning viewer. They show the difference between entertainment fodder and genuine news, pointing to the symbiotic relationship between TV news and advertising. They explain why TV news has become a “cash cow, ” and stress that anyone who relies exclusively on TV for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake.