Trump's Media War
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"As the first US president to openly defy long-accepted journalistic norms, Donald Trump has provoked fury, frustration and occasionally admiration. This eminently readable collection of essays from a variety of distinguished commentators and academics offers some very stimulating reflections on a digital media phenomenon who, whether we like it or not, is rewriting the rules of political communication. Highly recommended for students and anyone interested in journalism, politics, media or contemporary culture." (Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster, UK)
"Trump and the media are a paradox: On the one hand, Trump makes use of Twitter like no other president, on the other hand, he positions himself sharper than ever against critical media. In a highly sophisticated way, the contributions in this volume open the eyes to this media paradox of Trump's presidency." (Andreas Hepp, Professor, ZeMKI, University of Bremen, Germany)
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Andrew Hoskins is Interdisciplinary Research Professor in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK.
William Merrin is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Swansea University, UK.
Content
Part I: Killing the Media.- Weaponizing Reality: An Introduction to Trump's War on the Media.- Trump & the Press: A Murder-Suicide Pact.- Part II: Fake News.- Turning the Tables: How Trump Turned Fake News from a Weapon of Deception to a Weapon of Mass Destruction of Legitimate News.- Trump's War Against the Media, Fake News, and (A)Social Media.- The War of Images in the Age of Trump.- Part III: Reporting Trump: Building the Brand.-
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Authentic' Men and 'Angry' Women: Trump, Reality TV and Gendered Constructions of Business and Politics.- Covering Trump: Reflections from the Campaign Trail and the Challenge for Journalism.- The Scottish provenance of Trump's approach to the media.- Part IV: The Politics of Performance.- The Donald: Media, Celebrity, Authenticity and Accountability.- The Big Standoff: Trump's Handshakes and the Limits of News Values.- "Classic Theatre" As Media Against Trump: Imagining Chekhov.- Trump and Satire: America's Carnivalesque President and his War on Television Comedians.- Part V: Media Out of the Margins.- President Troll: Trump, 4Chan and Memetic Warfare.- Trump, the First Facebook President: Why Politicians Need Our Data Too .- Trump's Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Conspiratorialism in the Arab Media Sphere.
