Amplifying extremism : small town politicians, media storms, and American journalism /
Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in Illinois tow...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in politics and communication.
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| Summary: | Within a week, a no-name Republican state representative from a town of 384 people in Illinois catapulted from obscurity to a prime-time appearance on Fox News' Ingraham Angle. This newly empowered politician, Darren Bailey, would go on to steer the pro-business Republican party in Illinois toward extremism. Democratic backsliding emerges across all levels of politics, but the threats posed by small-town politicians have been overshadowed by national-level politicians. This microstudy of a single politician's debut in the public eye showcases a novel approach to media corpus construction that combines proprietary and open databases, aggregated search tools and targeted searching, and includes local, regional and national news across digital-first, radio, news publishers, broadcast and cable television and social media. The Element provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news. |
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| Physical Description: | 81 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [72]-81). |
| ISBN: | 1009668781 9781009668781 9781009668750 1009668757 |