Written by Neil Postman and published in 1985 the book in question is titled Amusing Ourselves to death
It describes how television, comedy and now memes become he ultimate incarnation of turning serious politics into comedic amusement to laugh about and then ignore. It is a real thing in psychology, people don't take things they laugh about as seriously as things they don't laugh about.
Here to is another article explaining it: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/02/amusing-ourselves-to-death-neil-postman-trump-orwell-huxley
Let me know what you all think.