Rushed to Judgment

-- Diana Owen

List of Figures

xi

List of Tables

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

1

(13)

Political Persuasion, Propaganda, and Media Effects

4

(10)

Persuasion Variables

6

(1)

Media Effects

7

(3)

Heresthetic

10

(2)

The Construction of Political Meaning

12

(2)

Political Talk Radio and Its Most Prominent Practitioner

14

(16)

Background

15

(2)

Format

17

(1)

Media Portrayal

18

(1)

Audience

19

(4)

Content

23

(1)

Limbaugh

24

(4)

Summary

28

(2)

Toward a Value Heresthetic Model of Political Persuasion

30

(26)

A Model of Value Heresthetic, Rhetoric, and Persuasion Through Talk Radio

34

(6)

Experimental Analysis

40

(13)

Recruitment and Subject Profile

41

(2)

Specific Procedures

43

(1)

The Stimuli

44

(1)

Specific Hypotheses

45

(1)

Selection Bias?

46

(1)

Results

47

(6)

Discussion

53

(3)

Talk Radio, Public Opinion, and Vote Choice: The ``Limbaugh Effect,'' 1994--96

56

(19)

Methodological Issues

58

(1)

Limbaugh and Public Opinion---Cross-sectional Evidence

59

(9)

Two-Stage Least-Squares Analysis

62

(6)

Limbaugh and Opinion Change---Panel Evidence

68

(5)

Support for Dole

71

(1)

Vote Choice

72

(1)

Conclusion

73

(2)

Talk Radio, Opinion Leadership, and Presidential Nominations: Evidence from the 2000 Republican Primary Battle

75

(17)

Vote Choice in Primary Elections

76

(2)

The Struggle for the 2000 Republican Presidential Nomination

78

(2)

Research Design and Methodology

80

(10)

The Sample

80

(1)

Dependent Variables

80

(3)

Independent and Control Variables

83

(1)

Findings

83

(5)

Sophistication

88

(2)

Discussion

90

(2)

The Talk Radio Community: Nontraditional Social Networks and Political Participation

92

(14)

The Efficacy-Priming Experiment

94

(5)

Experimental Results

97

(2)

Constructing Reality from Pseudosocial Networks

99

(5)

Measurement

100

(1)

Results: Political Efficacy

101

(2)

Results: Participation

103

(1)

Discussion

104

(2)

Information, Misinformation, and Political Talk Radio

106

(13)

Research Design and Methodology

109

(5)

The Sample

109

(2)

Measurement of Dependent Variables

111

(3)

Intercorrelations and Model Specification

114

(1)

Findings

115

(2)

Political Talk Radio and Information

115

(1)

Political Talk Radio and Misinformation

116

(1)

Discussion

117

(2)

Conclusion

119

(10)

Understanding Political Persuasion

120

(3)

Deliberative Democracy

123

(3)

Media Effects

126

(3)

Appendix A. The Limbaugh Message

129

(2)

Appendix B. Excerpts from the Rhetoric Stimulus

131

(2)

Appendix C. Excerpts from the Value Heresthetic Stimulus

133

(2)

Notes

135

(6)

References

141

(16)

Index

157

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