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Amplifying extremism : small town politicians, media storms, and American journalism / Nikki Usher, Jessica C. Hagman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Usher, Nik, author.
- Hagman, Jessica, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and communication, 2633-9897.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and communicationm, 2633-9897
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Political aspects--United States.
- Journalism.
- Political campaign--Press coverage--United States.
- Political campaign.
- Press and politics--United States.
- Press and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (81 pges) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in Illinois toward extremism. Democratic backsliding emerges across all levels of politics, but the threats posed by small-town politicians have been overshadowed by national-level politicians. This microstudy of a single politician's debut in the public eye showcases a novel approach to media corpus construction that combines proprietary and open databases, aggregated search tools, and targeted searching, and includes local, regional, and national news across digital-first, radio, news publishers, broadcast and cable television, and social media. The Element provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news.
- Contents:
- Theorizing extremist politicians and the democratic press
- Methodology: the case study corpus
- The context and structure for Illinois' political and media ecosystems
- The rise of Darren Bailey: PMP and the political economy of the news industry
- Journalists, new norms, and amplifying extremism
- Avoiding accidental amplification.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-66876-5
- 1-009-66880-3
- 1-009-66879-X
- OCLC:
- 1574120264
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