I have just read Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death. Postman states that the age of typography has been replaced by the age of television. This has changed the way we look at the world and the way we think, which in turn has almost made us less intelligent. Postman speaks his opinions freely, and gives the reader a new perspective on media, and the effect it has on society. To often we think nothing of what we see and read in the media, but after reading this book you see things a lot differently. You realize just how much television affects you in all aspects of your life. Postman believes that the culture is shaped by how its media is conducted. In the age of typography, for example, politicians spoke of how people wrote. In today's society the news is broadcasted in bits and pieces, and the unrelated topics are all thrown up and tied together with the phrase "Now and This". Our culture, he states, now functions best when focused on tiny bits of unrelated material (p.65). .
We believe that things should come in unrelated bits, continuously, and with lots of flash. To us it doesn't seem weird that commercials interrupt our programs every few minutes, though to someone who has never seen television, it would seem very odd indeed. If someone from a different culture, where television is not a part of it in any means, were to watch television they would not understand at all. Postman says that televisions have changed everything in our culture, politics, and teaching. Politics have conformed to the ways of television. An example is how debates are conducted in modern politics. Before debates lasted many hours and contained many long thought out responses and counter-arguments. Today's debates last an hour and a half at most. They each have about 2 minutes to speak. This happens because our societies attention span has diminished. Postman speaks of how our culture has developed so much from television.
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The purpose of developing an educational philosophy is that it defines the purpose and focus of an educational institution. ... An institutional philosophy is also able to how subjects are taught and most importantly the values that are taught along with the subjects being covered. ... Core Values and Guiding Educational Philosophy In becoming a teacher, I feel that my underlying purpose would be quite a few things. ... The philosophy that is the closest to my beliefs, values and other ideas seems to center more on perennialism. ... This is a great philosophy because I too believe that the g...
Philosophy I A Brief Summary of Epicurianism Combining the pleasure-seeking teachings of Aristippus and the atom theory of Democritus, Epicurus" philosophy answers the questions of how best to live one's life and approach death. ... As with most philosophies, the Epicureans have guidelines regarding death and eternity as well as life. According to the Epicurean philosophy, one need not worry about gods or an afterlife. ... The gods, Epicurus argues, exist in a blissfully perfect world and have no desire to go about pestering humans for petty moral violations (The Philosophy Garden...
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What does one think when they hear the word Philosophy? ... What then is Philosophy? ... Philosophy, as a discipline, is something that we study. ... Philosophy is broken down into five main branches. ... One aspect of Western Philosophy deals in accordance with myths. ...
