{"product_id":"free-to-hate-9780252045509","title":"Free to Hate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinking neoliberalism with the Right's global rise Bulgaria's media-driven pivot to right-wing populism parallels political developments taking place around the world. Martin Marinos applies a critical political economy approach to place Bulgarian right-wing populism within the structural transformation of the country's media institutions. As Marinos shows, media concentration under Western giants like Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and News Corporation have led to a neoliberal turn of commercialization, concentration, and tabloidization across media. The Right have used the anticommunism and racism bred by this environment to not only undermine traditional media but position their own outlets to boost new political entities like the nationalist party Ataka. Marinos's ethnographic observations and interviews with local journalists, politicians, and media experts add on-the-ground detail to his account. He also examines several related issues, including the performative appeal of popul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A thorough and well-researched history of postsocialist media transformation in Bulgaria that has a great deal of relevance for understanding the relationship between right-wing populism and commercialization in Europe and worldwide.”--Anikó Imre, author of \u003ci\u003eTV Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An original interpretation of the role of the media in the rise of populism, drawing on the political economy tradition of media and communication research. High-quality interviews and on-site fieldwork add originality and significance to the book.”--Sabina Mihelj, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMedia Systems to Media Cultures: Understanding Socialist Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cp\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Social Justice Journalism and Cultural Enlightenment: Socialist Humanist Media After Stalin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Media and the Post-1989 Anti-Communist Hegemony \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “The Language of the People”: The Tabloidization and Monopolization of the Post-Socialist Press \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “Commercial Television with a Public Role”: Nationalism, Mediatized Social Responsibility and the Porous Border Between Political and Media Populism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Media Concentration and Right-Wing Populism’s Love\/Hate Relationship with the Media \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Labor, Money, and the “Populist” in Right-Wing Populist Media \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Conclusion\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400459559255,"sku":"9780252045509","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252045509.jpg?v=1730470733","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-to-hate-9780252045509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}