Neil Postman
Impact in
- Communication top 0.5%
- Social Media and Politics
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Media Studies and Communication
- Literature and Literary Theory top 0.5%
- Literacy, Media, and Education
Papers in
- Education 11
- Educational Practices and Policies 2
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms 2
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- Media, Communication, and Education 4
- Co-authors
- Simon Penny (1 shared paper)Charles Weingartner (8 shared papers)James T. Sanders (1 shared paper)Robert L. Frost (1 shared paper)Andrew J. Ross (1 shared paper)Howard P. Segal (1 shared paper)Reinhard Kaiser (1 shared paper)Jean Kilbourne (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Phi Delta Kappan (3 papers)Harvard Educational Review (2 papers)Youth Theatre Journal (1 paper)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (1 paper)Educational Researcher (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Neil Postman
72 papers receiving 3.6k citations
Neil Postman's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 156
- Communication 1.2k
- Literature and Literary Theory 635
- Education 1.6k
- Sociology and Political Science 1.8k
- Computer Science Applications 205
Countries citing papers authored by Neil Postman
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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Postman
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Co-authors
The 22 scholars most cited alongside Neil Postman, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 78 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 842 |
| 2 | Amusing Ourselves to Death Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 668 |
| 3 | The Disappearance of Childhood Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 626 |
| 4 | Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 605 |
| 5 | Teaching As a Subversive Activity Hit paper breakdown → | 1969 | 546 |
| 6 | 1996 | 413 | |
| 7 | 1993 | 363 | |
| 8 | Teaching as a conserving activity | 1969 | 184 |
| 9 | 1993 | 179 | |
| 10 | The End of Education | 1995 | 127 |
| 11 | Das Verschwinden der Kindheit | 1983 | 111 |
| 12 | Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode : Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie | 1985 | 97 |
| 13 | Marshall McLuhan: The Medium and the Messenger | 1989 | 68 |
| 14 | Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology and Education | 1988 | 66 |
| 15 | Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future | 1999 | 51 |
| 16 | The Politics of Reading. | 1970 | 39 |
| 17 | How to Watch TV News | 1992 | 38 |
| 18 | MYTHS, MEN, & BEER: AN ANALYSIS OF BEER COMMERCIALS ON BROADCAST TELEVISION, 1987 | 1987 | 32 |
| 19 | 1967 | 18 | |
| 20 | 1978 | 17 |
About Neil Postman
Neil Postman is a scholar working on Education, Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Computer Networks and Communications and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 78 papers that have together received 5.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Media, Communication, and Education (4 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (4 papers), Media and Digital Communication (4 papers), Sociology and Education Studies (2 papers), Educational Practices and Policies (2 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (2 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 papers) and Educational Challenges and Innovations (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (1.2k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (635 citations), Education (1.6k citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.8k citations) and Computer Science Applications (205 citations). Neil Postman has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Simon Penny, Charles Weingartner, James T. Sanders, Robert L. Frost, Andrew J. Ross, Howard P. Segal, Reinhard Kaiser, Jean Kilbourne, Stephen M. Powers and Lance Strate. Their work appears in journals such as Phi Delta Kappan, Harvard Educational Review, Youth Theatre Journal, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Educational Researcher.
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