Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Extreme Media and American Politics

In Defense of Extremity

  • Book
  • © 2017

Overview

Authors:
  1. J. Benjamin Taylor

    1. University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Contributes an important, timely, and original perspective to the growing body of literature on extreme media
  • Effectively depicts the nuances of extreme media on political attitudes
  • Accessibly written with rigorous methodologies, strongly appealing to undergraduate seminars and graduate courses on political communication and media

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Placing Extreme Television Media in Their Historical and Economic Context

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 1-27

  3. A Deep Dive into Extreme Television Media Selection

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 29-54

  4. The Educative Effects of Extreme Television Media

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 55-92

  5. Exploring the Effect of Extreme Media on Political Trust and Efficacy

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 93-127

  6. The Puzzle of Extreme Media and Political Tolerance: An Immigration Case Study

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 129-158

  7. Political Behavior and Extreme Television Media Consumption

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 159-190

  8. The Meaning and Future of Extreme Media in American Politics

    • J. Benjamin Taylor
    Pages 191-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-230
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book asks: what are extreme television media, and are they actually bad for American politics?  Taylor explores these questions, and how these media affect political knowledge, trust, efficacy, tolerance, policy attitudes, and political behaviors. Using experiments and data from the National Annenberg Election Study, this book shows how extreme media create both positive and negative externalities in American politics. Many criticize these media because of their bombastic nature, but bombast and affect also create positive effects for some consumers. Previous research shows partisan media exacerbate polarization, and those findings are taken further on immigration policy here. However, they also increase political knowledge, increase internal efficacy, and cause their viewers to engage in informal political behaviors like political discussion and advocacy. The findings suggest there is much to be gained from these media market entrepreneurs, and we should be wary of paintingwith too broad a brush about their negative effects.

Reviews

“This timely book examines a crucial topic in American politics, the role of extreme media on public opinion.  It uses multiple clever sophisticated methodologies and finds that consuming extreme media increases political knowledge, along with many other interesting findings.  This is important work that greatly advances our knowledge of the role of extreme media in a democracy.” (Sean Richey, Associate Professor, Georgia State University, USA)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

    J. Benjamin Taylor

About the author

J. Benjamin Taylor is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. He researches and teaches on American political behavior. His work has been published in Political Communication, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, American Politics Research, Politics & Religion, and Presidential Studies Quarterly.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation