Rushed to Judgment

Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American Political Behavior

By: David Barker

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Hardcover | 27 August 2002 | Edition Number 1

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141 Pages

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Convenient, entertaining, and provocative, talk radio today is unapologetically ideological. Focusing on Rush Limbaugh--the medium's most influential talk show--Rushed to Judgment systematically examines the politics of persuasion at play on our nation's radio airwaves and asks a series of important questions. Does listening to talk radio change the way people think about politics, or are listeners' attitudes a function of the self-selecting nature of the audience? Does talk radio enhance understanding of public issues or serve as a breeding ground for misunderstanding? Can talk radio serve as an agent of deliberative democracy, spurring Americans to open, public debate? Or will talk radio only aggravate the divisive partisanship many Americans decry in poll after poll? The time is ripe to evaluate the effects of a medium whose influence has yet to be fully reckoned with.

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[A] welcome addition to the growing shelf of scholarly works on radio broadcasting... well documented... offers useful research paths for others to follow. -- Christopher H. Sterling Journalism and Mass Communication Educator [An] important and quite ground-breaking study of American conservative call-in talk radio. -- Bridget Griffin-Foley Australasian Journal of American Studies the volume is useful not only for those who study media effects, but also for those who work in the area of political persuasion. -- David C. Barker Public Opinion Quarterly The volume exemplifies both rigorous and creative sciences. It is appropriate for many political communication and behavior university classes. -- C. Richard Hofstetter Political Communication

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