An Educated Mind Is Practiced In The

You Can Only Photograph A Fragment Of The Here And Now. The Photograph Presents The World As Object; Language, The World As Idea.

A Book Is An Attempt To Make Through Permanent And To Contribute To The Great Conversation Conducted By Authors Of The Past. […] The Telegraph Is Suited Only To The Flashing Of Messages, Each To Be Quickly Replaced By A More Up-to-date Message. Facts Push Other Facts Into And Then Out Of Consciousness At Speeds That Neither Permit Nor Require Evaluation. (70)

When Media Make War Against Each Other, It Is A Case Of World-views In Collision.

Tv Serves Us Most Usefully When Presenting Junk-entertainment; It Serves Us Most Ill When It Co-opts Serious Modes Of Discourse - News, Politics, Science, Education, Commerce, Religion.

Watching Television Requires No Skills And Develops No Skills. That Is Why There Is No Such Thing As Remedial Television-watching.