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Neil Postman
Neil Postman was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile devices, and was critical of the use of personal computers in schools. He is best known for 20 books about technology and education, including Teaching as a Subversive Activity (1970), The Disappearance of Childhood (1982), Amusing Ourselves to…
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culture · American media theorist and cultural critic (1931–2003) · sociologist · essayist · pedagogue · media critic · writer · university teacher · communication scholar · journalist · also Neil Postman, Postman
Born 8 March 1931 · Died 5 October 2003 · Q436131
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2003· 3 entries
San Diego Union-Tribune: Neil Postman Memoriam
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Died 2003-10-05.
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Postman died of lung cancer at a hospital in Flushing, Queens
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1993· 1 entry
And chaired the Department of Culture and Communication until 2002
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Orwell Award (1986).
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1976· 1 entry
Postman taught a course at NYU on CBS-TV's Sunrise Semester called "Communication: the Invisible Environment"
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1971· 1 entry
At NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, Postman founded a graduate program in media ecology
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1969· 1 entry
And 1970, Postman collaborated with the New Rochelle educator Alan Shapiro on developing a model school based on the principles expressed in Teaching as a Subversive Activity
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1959· 1 entry
Began teaching at New York University (NYU)
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1953· 1 entry
Graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia and enlisted in the military but was released less than five months later
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-03-08.
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