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A section of this work titled "Shuffle Off to Bethlehem," analyzes the prosperity gospel of a woman  named Reverend Terry, arguing that people like Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson are "the enemy of  religious experience." Another section of this work analyzes the Lincoln- Douglas debates, attributing their elevated language to what the author cal s "the typographic mind." In its final section, titled "The  Huxleyan Warning," this work argues that "In America, Orwel 's prophecies are of smal relevance, but  Huxley's are wel under way towards being realized." This work's chapter on teaching bemoans the rise of  Sesame Street as an example of the title phenomenon, and decries the increasing influence of media  perception on political affairs in the chapter, "Reach out and Elect Someone." Its first section, "The  Medium is the Metaphor," advances the thesis that "how we are obliged to conduct… conversations…  wil have the strongest possible influence on what ideas we can conveniently express," and its second,  "Media as Epistemology," argues that the state of American discourse has degenerated greatly. For 10  points, identify this 1985 work of social criticism, the best known of Neil Postman.
A section of this work titled "Shuffle Off to Bethlehem," analyzes the prosperity gospel of a woman  named Reverend Terry, arguing that people like Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson are "the enemy of  religious experience.
Amusing Ourselves to Death