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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823848403321

Autore

Senko Jen

Titolo

The Brainwashing of My Dad : How the Rise of the Right-Wing Media Changed a Father and Divided Our Nation-And How We Can Fight Back

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Naperville : , : Sourcebooks, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-7282-3960-5

1-7282-3961-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Disciplina

320.97301/4

320.973014

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- Introduction: What Happened to Dad? -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

"Author Jen Senko's father went from being a non-political, open-minded Democrat to a radical, angry, and intolerant right wing devotee, which eventually imploded the entire family dynamic. As politics began to take precedence over anything and everything, Jen was mystified at how these concepts began to insidiously seep into her father's mood and mindset. How had this happened? When and why had this started? Jen began the search for answers, and found them, in addition to an endless list of families just like her own. This isn't a story about just one man. It's the story of a media phenomenon that changed a father and eventually divided a nation"--