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News on the Right offers a thorough introduction to right-wing and conservative media in the United States and beyond. It is the first book to convene scholars from multiple disciplines with the purpose of examining conservative news across genre, format, and history. The essays in this collection draw upon a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods to analyse myriad under-examined case studies. From the National Review to Fox News,
from the NRA to Brexit, from media policy to liberal media bias, this book serves as an opening salvo in the study of conservative news and its cultures.
About the author
Anthony Nadler is an Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College and the author of Making the News Popular.
A.J. Bauer is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.
Summary
From the National Review to Breitbart, from Fox News to Rush Limbaugh, conservative news is an inescapable feature of modern politics. Since the early days of mass communication, right-wing media producers have blended reporting with commentary, narrating the news of the day from a perspective informed by conservative worldviews and partisanship. News on the Right seeks to initiate a new interdisciplinary field of scholarly research focused on the study of right-wing media and conservative news. Editors Anthony Nadler and A.J. Bauer gather a range of voices, presenting an interdisciplinary investigation into the practices and patterns of meaning-making in the production, circulation, and consumption of conservative news. Traversing journalism, media and communication studies, cultural studies, history, political science, and sociology, this volume utilizes a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods to elucidate case studies of conservative news cultures in the US and UK. Together, these perspectives show that a fuller understanding of right-wing media and its effects can be reached by treating these phenomena as deeply interwoven into many conservatives' lives and political sensibilities.
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Anyone interested in a nuanced historical understanding of how conservative media has been so successful in crafting an alternative epistemology tied to cultural identity within the American polity should read this book cover-to-cover. Its interdisciplinary approach is indispensable in offering the breadth and depth necessary for coming to terms with a political and journalistic phenomenon that is more than the sum of its parts.
