Robert Stein

Media Power: Who is Shaping Your Picture of the World? Robert Stein

WHY WE'RE STUFFED WITH INFORMATION BUT STARVED FOR UNDERSTANDINGThree decades ago, Media Power predicted the coming of our 24/7 news culture and how it would make us suffer from "deprivation by surfeit". Selected by the Book of the Month Club And the Fortune Book ClubRobert Stein, an award-winning editor, publisher, media critic and journalism teacher, is a former chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors."His inquiry leads ultimately to moral concerns and he asks the right questions in abundance."-The New York Times Book Review"Keen insights a humanitarian critic."-Public Opinion Quarterly"You'll like it. It's salty."-Arnold Gingrich, Founding Editor, Esquire"If freedom of the press ever disappears in America it will not be with a bang but a whimper. Well said."-Columbia Journalism Review