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Messengers of the right : conservative media and the transformation of American politics / Nicole Hemmer.

By: Series: Politics and culture in modern AmericaPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xvi, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780812248395
  • 0812248392
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P95.82.U6 H46 2016
Contents:
Part I. Networks. The outsiders -- The outlets -- the obstacles -- Part II. Leaders. The movement -- The millstone -- The muzzle -- Part III. Elections. The purists -- The partisans -- The pivot --- Part IV. Adaptations. The compromise -- The contraction -- The comeback.
Summary: "In Messengers of the Right, Nicole Hemmer explains how conservative media became the institutional and organizational nexus of the conservative movement, transforming audiences into activists and activists into a reliable voting base. Hemmer also explores how the idea of liberal media bias emerged, why conservatives have been more successful at media activism than liberals, and how the right remade both the Republican Party and American news media."-- book flap
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks P95.82 .U6 H46 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001406932

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-307) and index.

"In Messengers of the Right, Nicole Hemmer explains how conservative media became the institutional and organizational nexus of the conservative movement, transforming audiences into activists and activists into a reliable voting base. Hemmer also explores how the idea of liberal media bias emerged, why conservatives have been more successful at media activism than liberals, and how the right remade both the Republican Party and American news media."-- book flap

Part I. Networks. The outsiders -- The outlets -- the obstacles -- Part II. Leaders. The movement -- The millstone -- The muzzle -- Part III. Elections. The purists -- The partisans -- The pivot --- Part IV. Adaptations. The compromise -- The contraction -- The comeback.

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