{"product_id":"political-junkies-claire-bond-potter-9781541644991","title":"Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging history of seventy years of change in political media, and how it transformed -- and fractured -- American politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith fake news on Facebook, trolls on Twitter, and viral outrage everywhere, it's easy to believe that the internet changed politics entirely. In \u003ci\u003ePolitical Junkies\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Claire Bond Potter shows otherwise, revealing the roots of today's dysfunction by situating online politics in a longer history of alternative political media. \u003cbr\u003eFrom independent newsletters in the 1950s to talk radio in the 1970s to cable television in the 1980s, pioneers on the left and right developed alternative media outlets that made politics more popular, and ultimately, more partisan. When campaign operatives took up e-mail, blogging, and social media, they only supercharged these trends. At a time when political engagement has never been greater and trust has never been lower, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Junkies\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for understanding how we got here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Bond Potter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541644999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541644991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2020","brand":"Claire Bond Potter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991421387007,"sku":"9781541644991","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a81d1f5-8992-4da1-a928-0ecfb173f103.jpg?v=1683310197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-junkies-claire-bond-potter-9781541644991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}