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The Twitter Presidency

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The Twitter Presidency

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Donald J. Trump and the Politics of White Rage

The Twitter Presidency

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The Twitter Presidency book

Donald J. Trump and the Politics of White Rage
ByBrian L. Ott, Greg Dickinson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
eBook Published 11 February 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429054259
Pages 122
eBook ISBN 9780429054259
Subjects Communication Studies, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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Ott, B.L., & Dickinson, G. (2019). The Twitter Presidency: Donald J. Trump and the Politics of White Rage (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429054259

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|27 pages

Situating Trump

chapter 2|31 pages

The Politics of White Rage

chapter 3|34 pages

Trump Tweets

chapter 4|13 pages

In Defense of Democracy

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