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Appendices 1-14 parallel the 14 chapters of Echo Chamber
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Table of Contents for Appendices
Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

Chapter	Brief Description	Appendix
1	How the Conservative Opinion Media Attack the Democratic Opposition	None
2	How the Conservative Opinion Media Defend Conservatism	None
3	Conservative Opinion Media: The Players	None
4	The Conservative Opinion Media as Opponents of Liberalism	None
5	Effects of an Echo Chamber Distribution of PTR Listeners: 1996, Waves 1-3 - Page 86 Distribution of PTR Listeners: 1996, Waves 4-5 - Page 87 Adherence to Instructions: PTR 1996 Experiment - Page 88	App_5.pdf
6	Speaking to the Republican Base Description of the PTR Surveys 1996 - Page 94	App_6.pdf
7	Vetting Candidates for Office Attitudes toward Limbaugh & Buchanan 1996 Primaries - Page 112 Favorability toward McCain, New Hampshire primary, 2000 - Page 114 Favorability toward McCain, Super Tuesday primary, 2000 - Page 114 Political Party Defectors, Limbaugh & Fox Audiences, 2004 - Page 125	App_7.pdf
8	Stirring Emotion to Mobilize Engagement Trust in Government by PTR Groups, 1996 - Page 127 Political Indifference by PTR Groups, 1996 - Page 129 Political Participation by PTR Groups, 1996 - Page 130 Mistrust of Government and Political Participation, 1996 - Page 131 Data from The Executive Branch study, 2003 - Page 132 Trust in Government by PTR Listeners, 2003 Executive Branch Study - Page 132 Limbaugh's Content versus Other Sources, Primary, 1996 - Page 132 Emotional Reactions and Candidate Preference, Election, 1996 - Page 137	App_8.pdf
9	Framing and Reframing the Mainstream Media	None
10	Engendering Distrust of Mainstream Media Distribution of PTR Listeners: 1996, Waves 1-5 (same as Appendix 5.1) - Page 164 Mistrust of Mainstream Media by PTR Group, 1996 - Page 165 Adherence to Instructions: PTR 1996 Experiment (same as Appendix 5.3) - Page 168 Exposure and Aattention to Mainstream News by PTR Group, 1996 - Page 172 Mistrust of Mainstream News by PTR Group, Post-election, 1996 - Page 173 Mistrust of Mainstream News on Exposure to News, 1996 - Page 173 Exposure to Mainstream News by PTR Group, 2004 - Page 174	App_10.pdf
11	Defending an Insular Interpretive Community	None
12	Balkanization of Knowledge and Interpretation Creation of Five Comparison Groups - Page 195 Knowledge Questions from Presidential Campaign, 1996 - Page 196 Balkanization Effects - Page 196 Distortion of Candidates' Views (Items), 1996 - Page 198 Creation of Five Comparison Groups, 1996 (same as appendix 12.1) - Page 199 Distortions of Candidates' Views by PTR Group, 1996 (Figures 12.2 a & b) - Page 199 Interpretation of Political Events by Media Groups, 1996 - Page 204 Attributions about the Outcome of 1996 Presidential Campaign - Page 210 Swift Boat Veteran ads on survey, details - Page 212	App_12.pdf
13	Distort and Polarize Polarization of Attitudes after Exposure to PTR, 1996 - Page 224 Polarization of Policy Positions by News Media Groups, 1996 PTR Survey - Page 225 Polarization of (Additional) Policy Positions by News Media Groups, 1996 PTR Survey - Page 226 Perceived Ideology of Candidates for all Respondents, 2000 - Page 228 Perceived Ideology of Candidates by Limbaugh Group, 2004 - Page 229 Distortion of Candidates' Positions by Media Exposure, 2004 - Page 232	App_13.pdf
14	Conclusion	None

Additional Materials
	Data, Reports, and Codebooks for the 1996 PTR Experiment	Link
	Data, Reports, and Codebooks for the 1996 PTR Survey	Link