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AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH: PUBLIC DISCOURSE IN THE AGE OF SHOW BUSINESS. By Neil Postman. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986; pp. 184. $15.95; paper $6.95.
REGARDING TELEVISION: CRITICAL APPROACHES—AN ANTHOLOGY. Edited by E. Ann Kaplan. American Film Institute Monograph Series, Vol. 2. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1983; pp. 147. $25.00; paper $10.00.
INTERPRETING TELEVISION: CURRENT RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Willard D. Rowland, Jr. and Bruce Watkins. Sage Annual Reviews of Communication Research, Vol. 12. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1984; pp. 293. $28.00; paper $14.00.
CHANNELS OF DISCOURSE: TELEVISION AND CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM. Edited by Robert C. Allen. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987; pp. 310. $25.00; paper $7.95.
READING THE NEWS. Edited by Robert Karl Manoff and Michael Schudson. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986; pp. 246. Paper $9.95.
WATCHING TELEVISION. Edited by Todd Gitlin. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986; pp. 248. Paper $9.95.
MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY: A CRITICAL READER. Edited by Richard Collins et al. London: Sage Publications, 1986; pp. 346. $45.00; paper $16.50.
TELEVISION CULTURE. By John Fiske. London: Methuen, 1987; pp. 353. $39.95; paper $13.95.
TALKING TOMBSTONES & OTHER TALES OF THE MEDIA AGE. By Gary Gumpert. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. $17.95.