{"product_id":"messengers-of-the-right-conservative-media-and-the-transformation-of-american-politics-hardback-9780812248395","title":"Messengers of the Right; Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics (Hardback) 9780812248395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicole Hemmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812248395\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 9 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.682 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Nicole Hemmer's well-researched and well-argued book \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e . . . [emphasizes] the contributions of three 'media activists' who helped give coherence to the midcentury right: the radio host and political organizer Clarence Manion, the book publisher Henry Regnery, and the longtime \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e publisher William A. Rusher. Hemmer convincingly shows how all three helped pioneer the ideologically charged conservative media of our own time.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) \"In recent decades, American politics has been transformed by the explosion of right-wing media outlets-from Rush Limbaugh and talk radio to Roger Ailes and Fox News to countless publishing imprints, websites, and little magazines. With \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Nicole Hemmer has written the single best book to date about the roots and growth of the ideas and networks underneath it all. Deeply researched, subtly argued, and lucidly and often humorously written, this first-rate work of scholarship instantly joins the must-read list for any student of the history of conservatism, the history of modern media, or indeed the history of the polarized political culture in which we find ourselves today.\" (David Greenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Read Nicole Hemmer's superb new book, and you'll never see 'liberal mainstream media' in the same way again. With rigorous research and sparkling prose, \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fascinating stories of the people whose core convictions and communications artistry helped create modern conservatism. This is political history-and American history-at its finest.\" (Margaret O'Mara, University of Washington)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to Glenn Beck and Matt Drudge, Americans are accustomed to thinking of right-wing media as integral to contemporary conservatism. But today's well-known personalities make up the second generation of broadcasting and publishing activists. \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the little-known first generation.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning in the late 1940s, activists working in media emerged as leaders of the American conservative movement. They not only started an array of enterprises-publishing houses, radio programs, magazines, book clubs, television shows-they also built the movement. They coordinated rallies, founded organizations, ran political campaigns, and mobilized voters. While these media activists disagreed profoundly on tactics and strategy, they shared a belief that political change stemmed not just from ideas but from spreading those ideas through openly ideological communications channels.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e, Nicole Hemmer explains how conservative media became the institutional and organizational nexus of the conservative movement, transforming audiences into activists and activists into a reliable voting base. Hemmer also explores how the idea of liberal media bias emerged, why conservatives have been more successful at media activism than liberals, and how the right remade both the Republican Party and American news media. \u003ci\u003eMessengers of the Right\u003c\/i\u003e follows broadcaster Clarence Manion, book publisher Henry Regnery, and magazine publisher William Rusher as they evolved from frustrated outsiders in search of a platform into leaders of one of the most significant and successful political movements of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e PART I. NETWORKS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Outsiders\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Outlets\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Obstacles\u003cbr\u003e PART II. LEADERS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Movement\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Millstone\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Muzzle\u003cbr\u003e PART III. ELECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Purists\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Partisans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Pivot\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. ADAPTATIONS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Compromise\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The Contraction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. The Comeback\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676823154968,"sku":"9780812248395","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/messengers-of-the-right-conservative-media-and-the-transformation-of-american-politics-hardback-9780812248395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}