Rushed to Judgment?
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2002-10-15
List price: $83.50
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 s...