| Description |
xvii, 301 pages ; 21 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-286) and index. |
| Contents |
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Nazi propaganda that paved the way for extreme right-wing media -- The right is declared dead -- News in the age of Walter Cronkite and Nixon on the rise -- From Nixon to Reagan and the rise of the new Republicans -- "Let's make America great again" -- How talk radio hijacked my dad -- The vast right-wing conspiracy takes off -- Is Dad brainwashed? -- 9/11, Barack Obama, and far-right extremism -- The return of dad -- After dad -- Brainwashing: the amygdala and the neuroscience -- What we can do about far-right media -- Your stories. |
| Summary |
"Author Jen Senko's father went from being a non-political, open-minded Democrat to a radical, angry, and intolerant right wing devotee, which eventually imploded the entire family dynamic. As politics began to take precedence over anything and everything, Jen was mystified at how these concepts began to insidiously seep into her father's mood and mindset. How had this happened? When and why had this started? Jen began the search for answers, and found them, in addition to an endless list of families just like her own. This isn't a story about just one man. It's the story of a media phenomenon that changed a father and eventually divided a nation"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Communication in politics -- United States.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Right-wing extremists -- United States.
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Brainwashing -- United States.
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Brainwashing. (OCoLC)fst00837790
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Communication in politics. (OCoLC)fst00870243
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01011278
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Right-wing extremists. (OCoLC)fst01097938
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Senko, Jen, The brainwashing of my dad Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2021. 9781728239606 (DLC) 2021001195 |
| ISBN |
9781728239590 (trade paperback) |
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1728239591 (trade paperback) |
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9781728239606 (epub) |
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9781728239613 (pdf) |
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