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Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives

by Rory Oconnor

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ISBN13: 9780975272435
ISBN10: 0975272438
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The highly politicized and often factually challenged world of talk radio dominates a sizable portion of America’s airwaves. But the dirty secret of talk radio’s success is the use of hate speech masquerading as free speech. In this book, Rory O’Connor tackles the “hate talk establishment” and shows how huge media conglomerates not only make hate talk possible but make it enormously profitable. He profiles the country’s ten worst shock jocks, including Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage, and describes how they use the guise of “not being politically correct” to ratchet up their anti-gay, anti-woman, and overtly racist language. He then shows how their celebrity leads to a climate that not only tolerates but actually perpetuates racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic attitudes — making America a coarser, more dangerous place. A survey of the small but growing universe of progressive talk radio offers a respite from the verbal violence.
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ISBN:
9780975272435
Subtitle:
Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives
Author:
Oconnor, Rory
With:
Cutler, Aaron
Author:
O'Connor, Rory
Author:
Cutler, Aaron
Publisher:
Alternet Books
Subject:
SOC052000
Subject:
Media Studies
Subject:
Radio broadcasting
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Radio
Subject:
Radio - General
Subject:
Media Studies - Electronic Media
Subject:
Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
Subject:
Radio talk shows - United States
Subject:
Radio in politics -- United States.
Publication Date:
June 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
237
Dimensions:
8.97x6.04x.73 in. .92 lbs.
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