The manipulators: America in the media age

About this book

In today's age of information the media expert - not the politician, bureaucrat or military officer - has taken command. The Manipulators describes how the media have come to power. Robert Sobel chronicles the growth of America's five information and entertainment newspapers, radio, movies, television and college (itself a form of showbiz). He follows the careers of William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitizer, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, David Sarnoff, William S. Paley, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Walter Cronkite and other movers and shakers of the industries. He charts the rise of the peep show, wireless, nickelodeon, talkies, film and videotape. And he explains how media experts are suck skillful creators of illusions.