Confetti Generation, The

In the time between Howdy Doody and Miami Vice, black-and-white television consoles and stereo VCRs, American society has undergone profound changes in the way we use, and are used by, the electronic media. Through a careful analysis of how and why we got to where we are today, William Donnelly points us toward where we are going, and sees our potential to be "the confetti generation," a disconnected society experiencing an explosion of data and images that rain down with bewildering profusion and speed.