Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media EstablishmentKathleen 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. |
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Contents
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7 Vetting Candidates for Office | 105 |
8 Stirring Emotion to Mobilize Engagement | 126 |
10 Engendering and Reinforcing Distrust of Mainstream Media | 163 |
11 Defining and Defending an Insular Interpretive Community | 177 |
12 Balkanization of Knowledge and Interpretation | 191 |
13 Distortion and Polarization | 214 |
Echo Chamber Cause for Concern or Celebration? | 237 |
Notes | 249 |
Index | 283 |
9 Framing and Reframing the Mainstream Media | 140 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment |
| Authors | Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Joseph N. Cappella |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0199740860, 9780199740864 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties Social Science / Media Studies |
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