No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle
by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman
Continuum, $24.95
In dissecting the frantic blur of today’s news media, Howard Rosenberg, adjunct faculty member at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and Charles S. Feldman, former lecturer at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, demonstrate how today’s media blitz scrambles the public’s perspectives in ways that potentially shape how we think and act as a global society. Featuring original interviews with a range of experts and practitioners, including Tom Brokaw, Arianna Huffington and Jim Lehrer, the authors dissect the 24-hour news cycle and decry the current state of journalism, from cable news networks to blogs and print media.