From Neil Postman's classic, Amusing Ourselves to Death: In studying the Bible as a young man, I found intimations of the idea that forms of media favor particular kinds of content and therefore are capable of taking command of culture. I refer specifically to the Decalogue, the Second Commandment of which prohibits the Israelites from making …
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Matthew Erickson 