Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface1. How the Conservative Opinion 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
