アメリカにおける聴取者参加型「政治トークラジオ番組」とその社会的影響

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This paper examines how political talk radio programs have played important roles in American politics. A political talk radio (politically-oriented talk radio) program is a radio format that features discussions of political issues. Most programs are regularly hosted by a single individual and typically include "call-in" (live conversations between the host and listeners) elements. Political talk radio programs have become popular partly because of the federal government's deregulation of political broadcasting since the 1980s and partly because radio stations discovered the niche demands of listeners whose needs are not met by music-only programming. While talk radio has been dominated by conservatives since Rush Limbaugh's success beginning in the early 1990s, liberal talk radio programs such as the Ed Schultz Show have emerged over the past ten years. As liberal talk radio programs gain popularity, both conservative and liberal talk radio has helped fostering respective political movements and encourage political participation.
2013-03-01