Are Cable News and Legacy Media All But Dead?

In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. Gurri’s book, “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium,” tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world.

Join CPF for a discussion of how the changing media lanscape has contributed to global populist trends. Gurri, a former CIA analyst and an expert on the relationship between politics and media, is joined by CPF Director Bob Shrum, journalist and author Adam Nagourney, and Annenberg School of Journalism Director Gordon Stables. Don’t miss this insightful conversation about media decentralization and its impact on the major US political parties.

In-person attendees will be treated to FREE lunch. The first 40 attendees will also get a FREE copy of Gurri’s book that they can have signed by the author.

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WHERE
USC University Club Scriptorium

WHEN
11:30am — Doors open; first 40 attendees get a FREE copy of “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium.” Lunch is served.

12:00pm — Conversation begins; Livestream begins on Zoom and Facebook @uscpolfuture

1:00pm — Conversation ends; Livestreams end; Book signing begins

1:30pm — Doors close

WHO

Martin Gurri – Former CIA analyst; Author of “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium”

Bob Shrum – Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future; Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics; Author of Concessions of a Serial Campaigner

Adam Nagourney – National political reporter for The New York Times; Author of “The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and the Transformation of Journalism” and “Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America”; Fall 2019 CPF Fellow

Gordon Stables – Director, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

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