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The Twitter presidency : Donald J. Trump and the politics of white rage
- Title
- The Twitter presidency : Donald J. Trump and the politics of white rage / Brian L. Ott and Greg Dickinson.
- Author
- Ott, Brian L.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dickinson, Greg, 1964-
- Description
- xii, 110 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The Twitter Presidency explores the rhetorical style of President Donald J. Trump, attending to both his general manner of speaking as well as to his preferred modality. Trump's manner, the authors argue, reflects an aesthetics of white rage, and it is rooted in authoritarianism, narcissism, and demagoguery. His preferred modality of speaking, namely through Twitter, effectively channels and transmits the affective dimensions of white rage by taking advantage of the platform's defining characteristics, which include simplicity, impulsivity, and incivility. There is, then, a structural homology between Trump's general communication practices and the specific platform (Twitter) he uses to communicate with his base. This commonality between communication practices and communication platform (manner and modality) struck a powerful emotive chord with his followers, who feel aggrieved at the decentering of white masculinity. In addition to charting the defining characteristics of Trump's discourse, The Twitter Presidency exposes how Trump's rhetorical style threatens democratic norms, principles, and institutions.
- Series Statement
- NCA Focus on communication studies
- Uniform Title
- NCA focus on communication studies.
- Subjects
- Rhetoric > Political aspects
- Communication in politics > United States
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Social media > Political aspects
- Communication in politics > United States > History > 21st century
- Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century
- United States
- Political culture > United States
- Trump, Donald, 1946- > Language
- History
- Microblogs > Political aspects > United States
- Social media > Political aspects > United States
- 2000-2099
- Language and languages
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Routledge Focus"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Situating Trump; On Style; On Political Communication; Why Trump's Discourse Matters -- Politics of White Rage; The Rhetorical Appeal of White Rage; Trump's Performance of White Rage; Implications and Conclusion -- Trump Tweets; Understanding the Logic of Twitter: A Medium Theory Perspective; Assessing @realDonaldTrump; Implications and Conclusion -- In Defense of Democracy; The Consequentiality of Trump's Rhetoric; Toward an Affective Politics of Resistance
- Call Number
- JFD 19-4938
- ISBN
- 9780367149758
- 0367149753
- 9780429620362 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780429622519 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780429618215 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780429054259 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1085196636
- Author
- Ott, Brian L., author.
- Title
- The Twitter presidency : Donald J. Trump and the politics of white rage / Brian L. Ott and Greg Dickinson.
- Publisher
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- NCA Focus on communication studiesNCA focus on communication studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- Dickinson, Greg, 1964- author.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9780429620362
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-4938