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Why This Book Matters:
Amusing Ourselves to Death explains the evolution of media to keep up with the habits of individuals and how the invention of the television as a leading source of consumption has led the seriousness of events into a competition for the best showman.
The Big Takeaways:
- What we believe to be correct has shifted with the use of technology at the core of our communication
- If The truth digital media portrays is now seen as more reliable than word of mouth because that is the direction our means of communication has shifted.
- The print was once the primary source of information for the general public.
- The American people were once just as amused by reading as people are about television today.
- The emergence of pictorial stories led to the mass desire for visual storytelling.
- Today’s culture is formed of pictures and videos that show information with little to no context.
- With the help of TVs came the birth of debate as a source of pleasure.
- The flashiness of television takes away the seriousness of media and gives the most audience to whoever can run the best show.
- TV warps serious matters into a popularity contest.
- Things like politics and religion are almost seen as a joke as they attempt to play into the popularity contest that is mainstream media.
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