The rise of the Tea Party [[electronic resource] ] : political discontent and corporate media in the age of Obama / / by Anthony Dimaggio
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| Autore: |
Dimaggio Anthony R. <1980->
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| Titolo: |
The rise of the Tea Party [[electronic resource] ] : political discontent and corporate media in the age of Obama / / by Anthony Dimaggio
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Monthly Review Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.520973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tea Party movement |
| Tea Party movement - Press coverage | |
| Mass media - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: manufacturing dissent in a time of public distrust -- Don't call it a movement: the Tea Party as a mass uprising -- The Tea Party does not exist: observations on the ground in Chicago -- The counter-revolution will be televised: the Tea Party as a mediated rebellion -- Mediated populism: the Tea Party captivates public opinion -- The plot to kill grandma: the Tea Party, mass media, and health care reform -- Manufacturing dissent: fostering resistance to health care from the top down. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What to make of the Tea Party? To some, it is a grassroots movementaiming to reclaim an out-of-touch government for the people.To others, it is a proto-fascist organization of the misinformed andmanipulated lower middle class. Either way, it is surely one of themost significant forms of reaction in the age of Obama. In this definitive socio-political analysis of the Tea Party, AnthonyDiMaggio examines the Tea Party phenomenon, using a vast arrayof primary and secondary sources as well as first-hand observation.He traces the history of the Tea Party and analyzes its organizationalstructure, m |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The rise of the Tea Party |
| ISBN: | 1-58367-306-7 |
| 1-58367-305-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461252603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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