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Echo Chamber : Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph N. Cappella (2010, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195398602

ISBN-139780195398601

eBay Product ID (ePID)73237034

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Book TitleEcho Chamber : Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicJournalism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Political Process / Political Parties, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorKathleen Hall Jamieson, Joseph N. Cappella

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Dewey Edition22

ReviewsEcho Chambers is a thoroughly well-presented analysis of Balkanisation, and of those who promote it., Fascinating, illuminating, fun - and also a little scary. Highly recommended, even indispensable, reading for anyone who wants a clear understanding of the current relationship between the media and democratic self-government., "Fascinating, illuminating, fun--and also a little scary. Highly recommended, even indispensable, reading for anyone who wants a clear understanding of the current relationship between the media and democratic self-government."-Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School and author of Republic.com 2.0, Readers seeking a carefully researched view of the changing face of news media will be rewarded for their efforts., "Readers seeking a carefully researched view of the changing face of news media will be rewarded for their efforts."--Publishers Weekly "Fascinating, illuminating, fun--and also a little scary. Highly recommended, even indispensable, reading for anyone who wants a clear understanding of the current relationship between the media and democratic self-government."--Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School and author of Republic.com 2.0 "Echo Chamber is powerful, original and an antidote to the 'swift-boating' that poisons our democracy. It is the latest in a series of groundbreaking studies in which Kathleen Hall Jamieson has revealed the inner workings and impact of the forces that shape public opinion and political outcomes in America. Now Jamieson and Joseph Cappella brilliantly pull back the curtain on the right-wing media imperium."--Bob Shrum, author of No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner, "Readers seeking a carefully researched view of the changing face of news media will be rewarded for their efforts."--Publishers Weekly"Fascinating, illuminating, fun--and also a little scary. Highly recommended, even indispensable, reading for anyone who wants a clear understanding of the current relationship between the media and democratic self-government."--Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School and author of Republic.com 2.0"Echo Chamber is powerful, original and an antidote to the 'swift-boating' that poisons our democracy. It is the latest in a series of groundbreaking studies in which Kathleen Hall Jamieson has revealed the inner workings and impact of the forces that shape public opinion and political outcomes in America. Now Jamieson and Joseph Cappella brilliantly pull back the curtain on the right-wing media imperium."--Bob Shrum, author of No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and communications-offer a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Indeed, here is the first serious account of how the conservative media arose, what it consists of, and how it operates. By analyzing actual cases, together with survey data, the authors find that this media establishment createsa self-protective enclave for conservatives, shielding them from other information sources, and promoting strongly negative associations with political opponents., "Readers seeking a carefully researched view of the changing face of news media will be rewarded for their efforts."--Publishers Weekly "Fascinating, illuminating, fun--and also a little scary. Highly recommended, even indispensable, reading for anyone who wants a clear understanding of the current relationship between the media and democratic self-government."--Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School and author ofRepublic.com 2.0 "Echo Chamberis powerful, original and an antidote to the 'swift-boating' that poisons our democracy. It is the latest in a series of groundbreaking studies in which Kathleen Hall Jamieson has revealed the inner workings and impact of the forces that shape public opinion and political outcomes in America. Now Jamieson and Joseph Cappella brilliantly pull back the curtain on the right-wing media imperium."--Bob Shrum, author ofNo Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner, "Readers seeking a carefully researched view of the changing face of news media will be rewarded for their efforts."--Publishers Weekly

Dewey Decimal302.230973

Table Of ContentPreface1. How the Conservative Media Attack the Democratic Opposition2. How the Conservative Opinion Media Defend Conservatism3. Conservative Opinion Media: The Players4. The Conservative Opinion Media as Opponents of Liberalism and Custodians of the Reagan Narrative5. Effects of an Echo Chamber6. Speaking to the Republican Base: An Analysis of Conservative Media's Audience7. Vetting Candidates for Office8. Stirring Emotion to Mobilize Engagement9. Framing and Reframing the Mainstream Media10. Engendering and Reinforcing Distrust of Mainstream Media11. Defining and Defending an Insular Interpretive Community12. Balkanization of Knowledge and Interpretation13. Distortion and Polarization14. Conclusion: Echo Chamber: Cause for Concern or Celebration?AfterwardNotesIndex

SynopsisRupert Murdoch's multibillion-dollar purchase of the Wall Street Journal in 2007 was but one more chapter in an untold story: the rise of an integrated conservative media machine that all began with Rush Limbaugh in the 1980s. Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella - two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and communications - here offer a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Indeed, Echo Chamber is the first serious account of how the conservative media arose, what it consists of, and how it operates. Surprisingly, President Obama's election has only enhanced the influence of Limbaugh. As an unofficial leader of the Republican Party, he has issued marching orders to the rest of the conservative media bent on challenging President Obama's agenda. To show how this influential segment of the media works, the authors examine the uproar that followed when Senator Trent Lott seemed to endorse Strom Thurmond's segregationist past. Limbaugh called the remarks "utterly indefensible," but added that a "double standard" was in play. That signaled a broad counterattack by the conservative media establishment, charging the mainstream media with hypocrisy (yet using its reports when convenient), creating a set of facts - or allegations - for partisans to draw upon, and fostering an in-group identity. Jamieson and Cappella find that Limbaugh, Fox News, and the Wall Street Journal opinion pages create a self-protective enclave for conservatives, shielding them from other information sources, and promoting strongly negative associations with political opponents. Limbaugh in particular, they write, fuses the roles of party leader and opinion leader in a fashion reminiscent of the nineteenth century's partisan newspaper editors., Two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and communications here offer a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from Rush Limbaugh to Fox News to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Indeed, Echo Chamber is the first serious account of how the conservative media arose, what it consists of, and how it operates. It finds that the conservative media create a self-protective enclave for conservatives, shielding them from other information sources, and promoting strongly negative associations with political opponents., Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and media-offers a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal. Echo Chamber is the first serious account of how the conservative media arose, what it consists of, and how it operates. Jamieson and Cappella find that Limbaugh, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal opinion pages create a self-protective enclave for conservatives, shielding them from other information sources and promoting highly negative views toward conservatism's political opponents. A thoughtful and incisive study, Echo Chamber offers the most authoritative and insightful account of this revolutionary phenomenon and its indelible effect on the American political landscape., Rupert Murdoch's multibillion-dollar purchase of the Wall Street Journal in 2007 was but one more chapter in an untold story: the rise of an integrated conservative media machine that all began with Rush Limbaugh in the 1980s. Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella--two of the nation's foremost experts on politics and communications--here offer a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Indeed, Echo Chamber is the first serious account of how the conservative media arose, what it consists of, and how it operates. Surprisingly, President Obama's election has only enhanced the influence of Limbaugh. As an unofficial leader of the Republican Party, he has issued marching orders to the rest of the conservative media bent on challenging President Obama's agenda. To show how this influential segment of the media works, the authors examine the uproar that followed when Senator Trent Lott seemed to endorse Strom Thurmond's segregationist past. Limbaugh called the remarks "utterly indefensible," but added that a "double standard" was in play. That signaled a broad counterattack by the conservative media establishment, charging the mainstream media with hypocrisy (yet using its reports when convenient), creating a set of facts--or allegations--for partisans to draw upon, and fostering an in-group identity. Jamieson and Cappella find that Limbaugh, Fox News, and the Wall Street Journal opinion pages create a self-protective enclave for conservatives, shielding them from other information sources, and promoting strongly negative associations with political opponents. Limbaugh in particular, they write, fuses the roles of party leader and opinion leader in a fashion reminiscent of the nineteenth century's partisan newspaper editors.

LC Classification NumberPN1991.4.L48J36 2010