Anthony Nadler

Assoc prof media studies @Ursinus; Fellow @TowCenter; Author, Making The News Popular ( Co-editor, News on the Right (

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

New essay! @dorontaussig and I dive deep into the emotional power of right-wing storytelling and the limits of “disinformation” as frame to understand it. https://t.co/TlOBbNFjGe

[A.J. Bauer @ajbauer]

🚨New Publications🚨

In Journalism Studies, @amnadler and I argue that right-wing news is competing with journalism over the cultural authority to tell the “true” story of public life.

For journalism scholars and practitioners alike, a🧵(1/6)

https://t.co/LYedTQkYla

[Jacobin @jacobin]

As labor halls and civic spaces have vanished, progressive civil society has become a professionalized shell of its former self. https://t.co/nBHLREhd8z

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The disintegration of working-class institutions and the rise of professionalized advocacy has severed the connections between progressive civil society and working-class communities. The Democratic Party alone can’t and won’t fix this. https://t.co/nBHLREhd8z

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

This in @CJR is probably the most nuanced and realistic article I have read on local newsrooms dealing with angry conservatives. https://t.co/CokP9pJRc6

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

"As partisan media becomes more central to politics, we will need to think about it with more nuance, seeing it as more than a menacing rival to professional journalism." https://t.co/DXz6E1drbT by @amnadler

[Andrea Wenzel (@andreawenzel.bsky.social) @andreawenzel]

Today is publication day 📚🎂 for my new @ColumbiaUP book https://t.co/OeqbBD1pE0
So sharing a couple thoughts and notes of gratitude 🧵👇1/

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

Great to see this! Newton draws on a piece by @dorontaussig and I from @LAReviewofBooks to call for a broader approach to countering digital propaganda.

[Casey Newton @CaseyNewton]

After deepfakes roiled this weekend’s election in Slovakia, I wrote about why fact-checking seemingly does so little to fight fake social media posts — and about something else that might https://t.co/wzZL5L5uaS

[Boston Review @BostonReview]

Our new issue, ON SOLIDARITY, clarifies a key idea in struggles for a more just world. @mieinouye leads a forum with @RevDrBarber, @astradisastra,  @blackleftaf, @Jodi7768, @roediger_david, @creoleprof — plus work by Mariame Kaba, @gbahadur, & much more! https://t.co/X88GfGrelQ

[A.J. Bauer @ajbauer]

🚨New publication alert🚨

My essay "Conservative News Cultures and the Future of Journalism History" is now live!

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of @AJMediaHistory!

https://t.co/oAV4SknfRD

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

"The Deep Story Beneath the Big Lie." https://t.co/iKOR1r1ivK

One of the better pieces essays I have read about "the persecution narrative’s thematic centrality and emotional power."

It's long, but recommended.

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@jayrosen_nyu Thanks! I'm hopeful there are ways to take the wind out of the sails of this narrative.

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@danwilliamsphil I like the way you worded it in this post. I think there's a need for a better understanding of the causal pathways that lead to both beliefs and loyalties associated with the right. Both the disinformation framework and the culture war framework simplify too much.

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@Ted_Underwood @dan_sinykin Yes, this research adds a really important layer to understanding. I try to bring some of the humanistic and more empiricist work here: https://t.co/N9aYUyRPkF

[Reece Peck @PeckReece]

The left mocking this song at its peril. Look passed it’s ideological contradictions & look toward its workingclass emotional pull. It leads to right-wing conclusions (e.g., anti-welfare) but dwell on how it takes the listener from an anti-rich sentiment to get there. This is key

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@mlamont6 Often, the progressive response refuses to recognize any threat of stigma. I don't think this is a moral failing of the left - I certainly understand the desire to focus on what you most care about. But it is a major strategic failing.

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@mlamont6 Limbaugh laid out this one-two punch routine – agitate a threat, offer defense – very clearly, like in this 1994 article:

[Michele Lamont @mlamont6]

If you want to understand how conservatives are being shamed by progressives and liberals, read this excellent analysis.

As I argue in #SeeingOthers, figuring out new ways to acknowledge the dignity of workers will be central to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. This is urgent. The time is now.

[Anthony Nadler @amnadler]

@mlamont6 The strategy is often straightforward. Amplify and agitate the feeling among a group that they are being threatened with stigma and shame from progressives – then swoop in claim to be their champions, fighting for their dignity.