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The Whole World Is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left
Todd Gitlin
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Paperback. Scrutinizes major news coverage in the early days of the antiwar movement. This work shows in detail how the media first ignore new political developments, then select and emphasize aspects of the story that treat movements as oddities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
'The whole world is watching!' chanted the demonstrators in the Chicago streets in 1968, as the TV cameras beamed images of police cracking heads into homes everywhere. In this classic book, originally published in 1980, acclaimed media critic Todd Gitlin first scrutinizes major news coverage in the early days of the antiwar movement. Drawing on his own experiences (he was president of the Students for a Democratic Society in 1963-64) and on interviews with key activists and news reporters, he shows in detail how the media first ignore new political developments, then select and emphasize aspects of the story that ... Read more
'The whole world is watching!' chanted the demonstrators in the Chicago streets in 1968, as the TV cameras beamed images of police cracking heads into homes everywhere. In this classic book, originally published in 1980, acclaimed media critic Todd Gitlin first scrutinizes major news coverage in the early days of the antiwar movement. Drawing on his own experiences (he was president of the Students for a Democratic Society in 1963-64) and on interviews with key activists and news reporters, he shows in detail how the media first ignore new political developments, then select and emphasize aspects of the story that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520239326
SKU
V9780520239326
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About Todd Gitlin
Todd Gitlin is the author of ten books, most recently Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Image and Sound Overwhelms Our Lives (2002). He is Professor of Journalism and Sociology at Columbia University.
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