Postman 5-7 and "Is Google Making Us Stupid?

I loved Postman's reference to Coleridge's line "water water everywhere without a drop to drink!" (p. 67) We are adrift in an ocean of information, the challenge being to make wise use of it. Interesting, too, how Postman points out that with the impact of each new advance or invention, from the printing press to the telegraph to TV, societal changes, changes in how people access and process information, changes in how brains work, follow. Carr examines the changes brought about by media, suggesting that it "scatters our attention and diffuses our concentration"(p.4) Carr's reference to his problems reading anything of length, that he no longer is the voracious reader of books, is, I believe, becoming a widespread concern. Each year fewer students read books for enjoyment. Their reading is more likely done on line, and the act of sitting with a novel is decreasing as an activity of choice. I have found, though, that selecting the right book (Twilight, for example) and hosting a book discussion does attract student interest. Maybe we'll blog our book discussion groups this upcoming school year!

I wonder what Postman would say about B. Obama's use of media in his presidential campaign.
Postman's discussion/concept of politcal impotency was dispelled with the wise use of media implementd by Obama and his team of advisors.