Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Finding worthy books for the rhetoric stage is challenging, but this is one title that can challenge students at this age and also offer an irrefutable and powerful indictment of our culture.

Written in 1985, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business seems to anticipate the grip of entertainment and media that has now become even tighter with more technology options. This book is a great place to begin thinking about how God would have us be about the business of redeeming the culture that infects our homes and minds through the box we called a television—and now through all the other media outlets that allow amusement to bombard our days.