Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

by Nicole Hemmer

Book Overview

From 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. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the little-known first generation.

Beginning in the late 1940s, activists working in media emerged as leaders of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812248392
• ISBN13: 9780812248395
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"