Media Unlimited, Revised Edition How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives

Name: Media Unlimited, Revised Edition How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives
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ISBN: 9780805086898

ISBN-10: 0805086897

ISBN-13: 9780805086898

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Todd Gitlin

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"A balanced yet biting critique . . . Gitlin is a savvy guide to our increasingly kinetic times."--"San Francisco Chronicle" In this original look at our electronically glutted, speed-addicted world, Todd Gitlin evokes a reality of relentless sensation, instant transition, and nonstop stimulus, which he argues is anything but progress. He shows how all media, all the time fuels celebrity worship, paranoia, and irony, and how attempts to ward off the onrush become occasion for yet more media. Far from bringing about a "new information age," Gitlin argues, the digital torrent has fostered a society of disposable emotions and casual commitments, and threatens to make democracy a sideshow. In…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 9/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Todd Gitlin is a professor of culture, journalism, and sociology at New York University. He lives in New York City.