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EAN-13 | 9780534835507 |
Product Name | Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age Of Show Business |
Language | English |
Category | Book / Magazine / Publication |
Short Description | Paperback |
Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon ~ 014303653X |
SKU | ACOMMP2X8958_USEDLIKENEW_014303653X |
Price New | 5.71 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Price Used | 2.49 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Width | 0.6 inches (convert) |
Height | 7.8 inches (convert) |
Length | 5.1 inches (convert) |
Weight | 8.48 ounces (convert) |
Author | Neil Postman |
Page Count | 208 |
Binding | Paperback |
Published | 12/27/2005 |
Features | Penguin Books |
Long Description | What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984 , Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death , but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” - CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World |
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- Barcode L, which is a Long barcode for domestic sorted and unsorted customers.
- Number of Bars: 78
- Physical Size: Approximately 89 mm (at 21.2 bars per inch)
- Content: 26 Characters
- Barcode C, which is a domestic sorted Consolidator customer.
- Number of Bars: 66
- Physical Size: Approximately 76.2 mm (at 21.2 bars per inch)
- Content: 22 Characters
Field Name | Character Length | Definition & Comments | Data Values | Barcode C Example Values |
Barcode L Example Values |
Format | 1 | Identifies the format of the item. Used in place of Information Type ID for Barcode C and L. |
0 – Null or Test 1 – Letter 2 – Large Letter |
1 | 1 |
Version ID | 1 | Identifies the barcode version | 1 – Mailmark Barcode | 1 | 1 |
Class | 1 | Identifies the class of the item | 0 – Null or Test 1 – 1C for Retail 2 – 2C for Retail 3 – 3C for Retail 4 – Premium for Publishing Mail for Retail 5 – Deferred for Retail 6 – Air for Retail 7 – Surface for Retail 8 – Premium for Wholesale 9 – Standard for Wholesale |
2 | 2 |
Supply Chain ID | 2 or 6 | Identifies the unique chain of customers involved in the mailing. Consolidator Supply Chain ID are 2 digits. All other 4-State SCIDs are 6 digits. |
00 to 99 000000 to 999999 |
12 | 123456 |
Item ID | 8 | Identifies the unique item within the Supply Chain. |
00000000 to 99999999 | 12345678 | 12345678 |
Destination Post Card plus DPS | 9 | Contains the Postcode of the destination with DPS | The Postal Code and Delivery Point must comply with Postcode Address File Format. | CW14LZ1F<space> | CW14LZ1F<space> |