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Publikacje języku polskim Zabawić się na śmierć: Dyskurs publiczny w epoce show-businessu, przeł. L. Niedzielski, Warszawa: Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie Muza SA 2006, s. 240, (Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, 1985).