Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the PhD programme in communications at Columbia University. He has written twelve books, among them The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals (John Wiley, 2007), Letters to a Young Activist(Basic Books, 2003) and The Intellectuals and the Flag (Columbia University Press, 2006). His website is here

Recent articles

Circulation, revenue, attention, authority, and deference: a host of troubles force the diminishing of news in the United States.

The memorialisation of 1968 too often misses or flattens the inner dynamics of an epic year. That’s what makes a new Italian film so riveting, says Todd Gitlin.

openDemocracy was conceived in a garage six years ago, and emerged from its chrysalis on 13 May 2001. Todd Gitlin, present at the creation, looks back.

The left’s assault on authority in the 1960s was appropriated by the right’s counter-revolution. Todd Gitlin explores what can be done when the language of revolt becomes establishment fashion.

Republican divisions and a revival of Democratic energies are striking features of American politics six months after George W Bush’s election victory, reports Todd Gitlin.