Echo chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the conservative media establishment

Abstract

Preface 1. How the Conservative Media Attack the Democratic Opposition 2. How the Conservative Opinion Media Defend Conservatism 3. Conservative Opinion Media: The Players 4. The Conservative Opinion Media as Opponents of Liberalism and Custodians of the Reagan Narrative 5. Effects of an Echo Chamber 6. Speaking to the Republican Base: An Analysis of Conservative Media's Audience 7. Vetting Candidates for Office 8. Stirring Emotion to Mobilize Engagement 9. Framing and Reframing the Mainstream Media 10. Engendering and Reinforcing Distrust of Mainstream Media 11. Defining and Defending an Insular Interpretive Community 12. Balkanization of Knowledge and Interpretation 13. Distortion and Polarization 14. Conclusion: Echo Chamber: Cause for Concern or Celebration? Afterward Notes Index