Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “All Marketers Lie (Tell Stories)”I am creating a class on Media Entrepreneurship with a friend and he wants to use a book by Seth Godin, “All Marketers Lie (Tell…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Building Bacardi” — and a global architectural tourI travel often to Cuba, leading a study abroad program with university students. Any study of Cuba, of course, has to include a discussion…Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 11-ConclusionAmusing Ourselves to Death is not a long book — 163 pages of text. But it is not a “fast read.” There is much to contemplate and ponder. I…Nov 18, 2018Nov 18, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 10In Chapter 10, “Teaching as an Amusing Activity,” Postman looks at another area of social life that has been transformed by television —…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 9In Chapter 9, “Reach Out and Elect Someone,” Postman turns his focus to politics. Although much of Postman’s attention throughout the book…Nov 16, 2018Nov 16, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 8After the apocalyptic Chapter 7, “Shuffle Off to Bethlehem” seems muted and narrow. Its argument is relatively simple: Religion too has…Nov 15, 2018Nov 15, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death”, Chapter 7In Part II, Postman devotes separate chapters to areas of social life he feels have been transformed by the medium of television. The…Nov 12, 2018Nov 12, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 6Postman begins Part II, which focuses on aspects of American social life altered by television, with a brief overview chapter on “The Age…Oct 29, 2018Oct 29, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 5In Chapter 5, Neil Postman is in the midst of tracing the demise of the age of typography and exposition and the rise of the Age of Show…Sep 16, 2018Sep 16, 2018
Jack Lule: "On Reading"On Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Chapter 4In Chapter 4, Postman continues his meticulous dissection of the evolution — devolution — of American culture.Sep 14, 2018Sep 14, 2018
