Key Ideas

1. The medium is the message: Postman argues that the medium through which information is conveyed is just as important as the content itself. He believes that television, as a medium, drastically shapes our culture and the way we think.

2. The age of show business: According to Postman, we are transitioning from the Age of Exposition, where information was primarily conveyed through written text, to the Age of Show Business, where information is primarily conveyed through television and entertainment.

3. The decline of the written word: Postman suggests that with the rise of television, our....
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