A wide-ranging history of seventy years of change in political media, and how it transformed — and fractured — American politics

From 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, Political Junkies is essential reading for understanding how we got here.
