WRITER

Neil Postman

1931 - 2003

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Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist and cultural critic, who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers, mobile devices, and cruise control in cars, and was critical of uses of technology, such as personal computers in school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Postman has received more than 844,084 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Neil Postman is the 2,377th most popular writer (down from 2,300th in 2019), the 2,981st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,953rd in 2019) and the 261st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Crazy talk, stupid talk
Interpersonal communication, Oral communication, United States
1976
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Mass media, Influence, Television broadcasting
1985
Teaching as a subversive activity
Education, United States, États
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1969
The school book
Education
1973
Teaching as a conserving activity
Audio-visual education, Children, Curriculum planning
1979
The disappearance of childhood
Children, Children and adults, Mass media and children
1982

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Neil Postman ranks 2,377 out of 7,302. Before him are Leonard Woolf, Edith Hamilton, Cigerxwîn, Jonas Jonasson, Pierre Souvestre, and Fredrika Bremer. After him are Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Aagje Deken, Aino Kallas, Agathangelos, Taliesin, and Ana María Matute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Neil Postman ranks 168. Before him are Adriana Asti, Heisuke Hironaka, Umberto Lenzi, Carl Brashear, Christian Metz, and Aleksei Gubarev. After him are Dominic Chianese, Robert Morris, Moshé Mizrahi, Dominique Lapierre, Mwai Kibaki, and Roger Piantoni. Among people deceased in 2003, Neil Postman ranks 105. Before him are Jacques Deray, Marie Trintignant, Anita Mui, Martha Scott, Khieu Ponnary, and Jaba Ioseliani. After him are Donald O'Connor, Charles Berlitz, Foday Sankoh, Robert Palmer, Rubén González, and Lothar Emmerich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Postman ranks 2,981 out of 20,380. Before him are GG Allin (1956), Joe Turkel (1927), Sam Loyd (1841), Ralph Rose (1885), Akon (1973), and Charles Whitman (1941). After him are Jensen Ackles (1978), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Stuart Whitman (1928), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), Joel Grey (1932), and Alfred Newman (1900).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Neil Postman ranks 261. Before him are Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Terence McKenna (1946), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), Terry Bisson (1942), and Frank McCourt (1930). After him are Charles Berlitz (1913), Kate Millett (1934), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Kate Chopin (1850), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), and Winston Groom (1943).

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