An Analysis of the Screen Phenomenology in Postman's Thought from the Perspective of the Television Screen

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An Analysis of the Screen Phenomenology in Postman's Thought from the Perspective of the Television Screen

Anran Liu 1*
  • 1 Hong Kong Baptist University    
  • *corresponding author anranliu832@gmail.com
Published on 26 October 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/20/20231482
LNEP Vol.20
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-065-3
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-066-0

Abstract

From the perspective of television screen, this research explores the phenomenology of screen referred in Neil Postman’s thought. The media ecology theory underpins the development of Postman’s thought, whereas on the basis of Marshall McLuhan’s “the medium is the message”, the media theorist put forth a series of such core arguments as “media as metaphor” to analyze impacts of television on society and culture and criticized the media culture represented by TV. Postman further expounded that the prevalent “amusement-to-death” inflicted by the immediate communication of electronic media had significantly undermined the rationality and dignity of traditional printing culture. In this vein, this study thenceforth takes “technology” and “media” as the entry point to investigate the development of television, as a media, amidst the contemporary media integration context, and to study the phenomenon of contemporary television screen and its extension and turn via the endeavor of interpreting the communication characteristics of electronic media.

Keywords:

postman, the phenomenology of screen, the media of television

Liu,A. (2023). An Analysis of the Screen Phenomenology in Postman's Thought from the Perspective of the Television Screen. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,20,88-93.
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References

[1]. Neil Postman. (2003) RIP: Culture, Technology, and the Modern Soul. The New Atlantis, 3, 25-29.

[2]. Xiaoyun Li. (2009) Neil Postman’s Critique of Technology Monopoly, 47-48.

[3]. Neil Postman. (2004) Amusing Ourselves to Death, Guangxi Normal University Press, 104.

[4]. Neil Postman. (2009) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Guangxi Normal University Press, 11-14.

[5]. Lance Strate, Neil Postman. (2006) Media Ecologist. Explorations in Media Ecology, 1,16-26 .

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Liu,A. (2023). An Analysis of the Screen Phenomenology in Postman's Thought from the Perspective of the Television Screen. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,20,88-93.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries

ISBN：978-1-83558-065-3(Print) / 978-1-83558-066-0(Online)
Editor：Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Enrique Mallen
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Conference date: 7 August 2023
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Volume number: Vol.20
ISSN：2753-7048(Print) / 2753-7056(Online)

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References

[1]. Neil Postman. (2003) RIP: Culture, Technology, and the Modern Soul. The New Atlantis, 3, 25-29.

[2]. Xiaoyun Li. (2009) Neil Postman’s Critique of Technology Monopoly, 47-48.

[3]. Neil Postman. (2004) Amusing Ourselves to Death, Guangxi Normal University Press, 104.

[4]. Neil Postman. (2009) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Guangxi Normal University Press, 11-14.

[5]. Lance Strate, Neil Postman. (2006) Media Ecologist. Explorations in Media Ecology, 1,16-26 .

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