Anthony DiMaggio has a Ph.D from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, with a focus on media, social movements, inequality, and politics at Lehigh University.  He is the author of the books The Politics of Persuasion:  Economic Policy and Media Bias in the Modern Era, and Selling War, Selling Hope: Presidential Rhetoric, the News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy Since 9/11.  You can find more of Anthony’s writings in CounterPunch, TruthOut and Salon.

Today we are going to be discussing Anthony’s upcoming book Rebellion in America: Citizen Uprisings, the News Media, and the Politics of Plutocracy.