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chap 1: Postman argues that television has shifted the bigger picture of meaningful American culture. From something centered with serious and meaningful to something centered around entertainment. And how due to that politics, news, religion, and education are becoming defined by show business. ends with “our languages are our media. Our media are our metaphors. Our metaphors create the content of our culture.”