Editing Amusing Ourselves to Death (section)

{{Short description|1985 book by Neil Postman}}
{{For|the Roger Waters album|Amused to Death}}
{{Infobox book
| italic title = yes
| name = Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
| image = Amusinghkn.jpg
| author = [[Neil Postman]]
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| language = English
| subject = [[Media ecology]]
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| publisher = [[Viking Press|Viking Penguin]] (US)
| publisher2 = [[Methuen Publishing]] (UK)
| pub_date = {{Start date|1985|df=y}}
| media_type = Print
| pages = 184
| awards = 
| isbn = 0670804541
| oclc = 
| dewey = 302.2/34
| congress = P94.P63 1985<ref>{{Cite web |date=1985 |title=LC Catalog - Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/85005335 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref>
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'''''Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business''''' (1985) is a book by educator [[Neil Postman]]. It has been translated into eight languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide. In 2005, Postman's son Andrew reissued the book in a 20th anniversary edition.