Gitlin, Todd

Explores the different ways the media has saturated the lives of all Americans and discusses how the over-exposure to images and sounds has affected every aspect of the culture and society of the United States.

A narrative survey of the Occupy Wall Street movement, discussing its historic inspirations, inner tensions, and future prospects.

Todd Gitlin was an early president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and an organizer of the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War. Today he is a writer, media critic, and professor of sociology at the University of California. His book is part critical history, part personal memoir, part celebration, and part meditation and resurrects a generation in all its glory and tragedy.

Focuses on the personalities, trends, and events as well as on the every day life of the decade.

Seven essays focus on: Network news-Soap operas--Children's television-Music videos--Car commercials and Miami Vice--Simulations--Prime time.