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Urgency gets noticed, but does not always get results

Author:Seth Gordon
Posted:8/29/2000; 8:27:26 AM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 8/28/2000
Msg #:20471 (In response to 20441)
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Run, don't walk, to your bookstore or library and obtain a copy of The Whole World Is Watching, by Todd Gitlin. Gitlin, a former leader of SDS, observed that the loudest, scruffiest, and most radical anti-Vietnam-War protestors got the most attention from the media. The protesters confused time on TV screens with influence on the general public, and this led to a positive-feedback cycle -- the protests' rhetoric and style kept getting more radical, and most Americans were alienated from the movement. Thus, when a moderate movement against the Vietnam War emerged, it was almost completely disconnected from the radicals.

By reading this book, you may understand:





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