Thirty Years Yet Miles of the Medium-Metaphor to Go: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and "Understanding the Politics and Epistemology of Media".

J Bioeth Inq

Department of Health Sciences (Public Health), Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn Street, University Hall 154F, Savannah, GA, 31419, USA.

Published: September 2015

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