Francesca Bolla Tripodi

The Propagandists’ Playbook peels back the layers of the right-wing media manipulation machine to reveal why its strategies are pervasive, while humanising the people whose worldviews and media practices conservatism embodies. Based on interviews and ethnographic observations of two Republican groups over the course of the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race—including the author’s firsthand experience of the 2017 Unite the Right...