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Rushed to judgment : talk radio, persuasion, and American political behavior / David C. Barker.
LIBRA PN1991.8.T35 B37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, David C. (David Christopher), 1969-
- Series:
- Power, conflict, and democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio talk shows--United States.
- Radio talk shows.
- Television talk shows--United States.
- Television talk shows.
- United States.
- Radio in politics--United States.
- Radio in politics.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This book systematically examines the manner and extent to which listening to talk radio results in persuasion. The focus is on the mediums ringleader -Rush Limbaugh -the talk show host with the largest audience by far. Does listening to talk radio change the way people think about politics or are listeners attitudes a function of the nature of the audience? Does talk radio enhance understanding of public issues or serve as a breeding ground for misunderstanding? The time is ripe to evaluate the effects of a medium that is not likely to disappear.
- Contents:
- Political Persuasion, Propaganda, and Media Effects 4
- Persuasion Variables 6
- Heresthetic 10
- The Construction of Political Meaning 12
- 2 Political Talk Radio and Its Most Prominent Practitioner 14
- Format 17
- Media Portrayal 18
- Audience 19
- Limbaugh 24
- 3 Toward a Value Heresthetic Model of Political Persuasion 30
- A Model of Value Heresthetic, Rhetoric, and Persuasion Through Talk Radio 34
- Experimental Analysis 40
- Recruitment and Subject Profile 41
- Specific Procedures 43
- The Stimuli 44
- Specific Hypotheses 45
- Selection Bias? 46
- Results 47
- 4 Talk Radio, Public Opinion, and Vote Choice: The "Limbaugh Effect," 1994-96 56
- Methodological Issues 58
- Limbaugh and Public Opinion
- Cross-sectional Evidence 59
- Two-Stage Least-Squares Analysis 62
- Limbaugh and Opinion Change
- Panel Evidence 68
- Support for Dole 71
- Vote Choice 72
- 5 Talk Radio, Opinion Leadership, and Presidential Nominations: Evidence from the 2000 Republican Primary Battle 75
- Vote Choice in Primary Elections 76
- The Struggle for the 2000 Republican Presidential Nomination 78
- Research Design and Methodology 80
- The Sample 80
- Dependent Variables 80
- Independent and Control Variables 83
- Findings 83
- Sophistication 88
- 6 The Talk Radio Community: Nontraditional Social Networks and Political Participation 92
- The Efficacy-Priming Experiment 94
- Experimental Results 97
- Constructing Reality from Pseudosocial Networks 99
- Measurement 100
- Results: Political Efficacy 101
- Results: Participation 103
- 7 Information, Misinformation, and Political Talk Radio 106
- Research Design and Methodology 109
- The Sample 109
- Measurement of Dependent Variables 111
- Intercorrelations and Model Specification 114
- Findings 115
- Understanding Political Persuasion 120
- Deliberative Democracy 123
- Media Effects 126
- Appendix A. The Limbaugh Message 129
- Appendix B. Excerpts from the Rhetoric Stimulus 131
- Appendix C. Excerpts from the Value Heresthetic Stimulus 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231118066
- 0231118074
- OCLC:
- 48942720
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