The Disappearance of Childhood,9780679751663

The Disappearance of Childhood

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780679751663
ISBN10: 0679751661
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-08-02
Publisher(s): Vintage
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Summary

Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed

Author Biography

Neil Postman was University Professor, Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. Among his twenty books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood), public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death), education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education), and the impact of technology (Technopoly). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.

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