GEN 110 - Intro. to Critical Thinking
Online Resources
local (Greater Buffalo) news media
Neil Postman
- general
- NeilPostman.org (by Joshua Sowin)
- Neil Postman Online (by Christopher Blosser)
- "Neil Postman" (Wikipedia entry: officially tagged "may require cleanup")
- "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (Wikipedia entry: unofficially, would benefit from additional revisions)
- Stuart McMillen's Recombinant Records cartoon: "Amusing Ourselves to Death" (May 2009)
- Zach Franzen's Portland Studios piece: "Neil Postman Girl" (April 27, 2009)
- NPR All Things Considered streaming audio: "This Holiday Weekend, Be Your Own Search Engine" (August 31, 2007)
- PBS Charlie Rose streaming video: "Former Vice President Al Gore", in which Gore discusses Postman's ideas about electronic media and contemporary political discourse, especially 06:01-11:48, 17:31-21:53, and 52:30-53:01 (May 25, 2007)
- 20th anniversary items
- Aaron Barnhart audio: Andrew Postman (January 1, 2006)
- NPR On the Media audio and transcripts: "Remusing Ourselves" (March 3, 2006)
- death notices and obituaries
- Remembering Neil Postman
- New York University press release: "Neil Postman, University Professor of Media Ecology, dies at 72" (October 10, 2003)
- "Neil Postman, 72, Mass Media Critic, Dies" by Wolfgang Saxon for The New York Times, October 9, 2003
- "Social Critic and Educator Neil Postman Dies at 72" by James Devitt for New York University Today, October 24, 2003
- NPR Morning Edition streaming audio: "Media Critic Neil Postman Dies" (October 9, 2003)
- NPR On the Media streaming audio: "Neil Postman Obit" (October 10, 2003)
- "Remembering Neil Postman" by Jay Rosen for PressThink, March 24, 2004
- "Remembering Neil Postman" by Jim Benning for AlterNet, October 10, 2003
- "Neil Postman: 1931-2003" by Angela Penny for Flak Magazine, December 30, 2003
- misc
- NPR Talk of the Nation streaming audio: "American Education Standards" (January 9, 1996)
Broadsides and Broadsheets
- The Library of Congress Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection
An on-line collection of broadsides, leaflets, handbills, pamphlets, etc. from the Digitized Rare and Special Collection of the Library of Congress. - The Library of Congress Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention Broadsides Collection
An on-line collection of broadsides from the Digitized Rare and Special Collection of the Library of Congress.
Jay Rosen
- Rosen's NYU home page
- Rosen's Poynter Institute Online bio
- Rosen's blog PressThink
- NPR On the Media audio and transcripts: "Remusing Ourselves" (March 3, 2006)
Lance Strate
- Strate's Fordham University home page
- Strate's blog Time Passing
Nicholas Carr
- NPR Bryant Park Project streaming audio: "Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?" (June 16, 2008)
- "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Nicholas Carr for The Atlantic, July/August 2008
- Comedy Central The Colbert Report streaming video: "Nicholas Carr" (September 25, 2008)
PowerPoint Critique
- "Killing Me Microsoftly" by Julia Keller for The Chicago Tribune, January 5, 2003
- "PowerPoint is Evil" by Edward Tufte for Wired, September 2003
- "Power, up to a Point" by Sue Cant for The Age, January 27, 2004
- NPR Morning Edition streaming audio: "Educators Question PowerPoint Usage" (October 16, 2003)
Local (Greater Buffalo) News Media
- newspapers
- online
- radio
- television
Miscellaneous
- University of Wisconsin NewsLab
- TV Turnoff Network
- Mental Detox Week at Adbusters.org
- YouTube streaming video: Jon Stewart's Crossfire critique (October 15, 2004)
- ifilm streaming video: Jon Stewart's Crossfire critique (October 15, 2004)
- transcript: Jon Stewart's Crossfire critique (October 15, 2004)
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