Viguerie, Richard A.

America's right turn : how Conservatives used new and alternative media to take power / Richard A. Viguerie and David Franke. - Chicago : Bonus Books, c2004. - viii, 375 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-355) and index.

Two media revolutions transform the world -- The media revolution of 1517 -- The media revolution of 1776 -- The recipe for creating a new mass movement -- The conservative revolution begins -- 1955 : a liberal hegemony over America -- The birth of a movement -- 1964 : this is what happens when the other side controls the mass media -- Conservatives test a new secret weapon -- The new and alternative media bring the conservative movement to power -- Using direct mail to build the movement and elect Reagan -- Liberals wake up -- The talk radio revolution -- The tv revolution in news and talk -- Conservatives in print : newspapers, magazines, books -- The Internet empowers the individual -- Liberals in cyberspace.

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Conservatism--History.--United States
Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

JC 573.2 / V693a 2004

324.7/3/0973