Political persuasion, propaganda, and media effects
The construction of political meaning
2. Political talk radio and its most prominent practitioner Background
3. Toward a value heresthetic model of political persuasion
A model of value heresthetic, rhetoric, and persuasion
Recruitment and subject profile
4. Talk radio, public opinion, and vote choice : the "Limbaugh effect," 1994-96
Limbaugh and public opinion - cross-sectional evidence
Two-stage least-squares analysis
Limbaugh and opinion change - panel evidence
5. Talk radio, opinion leadership, and presidential nominations : evidence from the 2000 Republican primary battle
Vote choice in primary elections
The struggle for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination
Research design and methodology
Independent and control variables
6. The talk radio community : nontraditional social networks and political participation
The efficacy-priming experiment
Constructing reality from pseudosocial networks
Results : political efficacy
7. Information, misinformation, and political talk radio
Research design and methodology
Measurement of dependent variables
Intercorrelations and model specification
Political talk radio and information
Political talk radio and misinformation
Understanding political persuasion
appendix A. The Limbaugh message
appendix B. Excerpts for the rhetoric stimulus
appendix C. Excerpts from the value heresthetic stimulus
