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Born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the State University of New York and Columbia University, Neil Postman is a communications theorist, educator, and writer who has been deeply involved with the issue of the impact of the media and advanced communications technology on American culture. In mostrar más his many books, Postman has strongly opposed the idea that technology will "save" humanity. In fact, he has focused on the negative ways in which television and computers alter social behavior. In his book Technopoly, Postman argues that the uncontrolled growth of technology destroys humanity by creating a culture with no moral structure. Thus, technology can be a dangerous enemy as well as a good friend. Postman, who is married and has three children, currently is a professor of media ecology at New York University and editor of Et Cetera, the journal of general semantics. In addition to his books, he has contributed to various magazines and periodicals, including Atlantic and The Nation. He has also appeared on the television program Sunrise Semester. Postman is the holder of the Christian Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching from New YorkUniversity. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Neil Postman

Teaching As a Subversive Activity (1969) — Autor — 755 copias
How to Watch TV News (1992) 342 copias
Language in America (1969) 17 copias
Language and reality (1966) 8 copias

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La tesis del autor, que suscribo, es que las tecnologías -en contra de la idea extendida- no son neutras. En ellas está inscrita una forma de ver el mundo, una manera de valorar una cosa más que otra, un medio para desarrollar un sentido, una habilidad o una actitud más que otra. A una persona armada con un martillo todo le parecen clavos.. En el siglo XXI a otra que maneja un ordenador... todo le parece información.
 
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