Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin is a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and author of the e-book Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street, also published in an expanded edition by HarperCollins.

The centre at the edge

For thirty years, Hugh Brody has lived, worked with and reported on hunter-gatherers. His work is an attempt to communicate the profound difference of their way of life from urban

By Anthony Barnett, Todd Gitlin, Tom Nairn and Hugh Brody

/ 17 Jul 2001

Voting alone

With the British general election vote dipping below 60 percent last week, the American abyssturnout hovering around 50 percentwould seem to yawn not far below. The dropout voter

By Todd Gitlin

/ 13 Jun 2001

Beyond sleepwalking

No discussion of politics, economics, war, culture or everyday life today lacks attention to the media. Not only are the media major centres of investment and power virtually everywhere, they

By David Elstein, Todd Gitlin and James Curran

/ 15 May 2001