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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Jim A. Kuypers - Contributions by Abe Aamidor; Stephen D. Cooper; Katherine Haenschen; Mike Horning; Jim A. Kuypers; Stephanie A. Martin; Natalia Mielczarek; Chad Painter; Andrea J. Terry; Joseph M. Valenzano III; Ben Voth and Erin Whiteside Klappentext This book examines perhaps the most contentious election in modern US history-the 2016 United States presidential election. It is unique in its discussion of a wide range of issues affecting the news media coverage of the election, coming from an equally diverse range of intellectual perspectives including the rhetorical, social-scientific, communication studies, and media studies. With eleven chapters grounded in hard evidence and communication theory, The 2016 American Presidential Campaign and the News: Implications for American Democracy and the Republic examines significant topics such as fake news, media construction of Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's campaign personalities, media bias, visual meme depictions of the candidates, identity politics in the news, Trump's Twitter use, entertainment news, and social media as news. These chapters individually and collectively provide a direct commentary on the implications of the 2016 campaign news coverage for the future of the American Republic and political communication in the media. Zusammenfassung This book examines issues such as fake news! media bias! visual meme depictions of the candidates! and social media as news during the 2016 presidential campaign. The contributors offer insights into how the campaign coverage affected the health of the American republic. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The 2016 Presidential Campaign, the News, and the Republic Jim A. Kuypers2. Fact or Fiction: Defining Fake News during the 2016 US Presidential Election Abe Aamidor3. The Othering of Donald Trump and His SupportersStephen D. Cooper4. Donald J. Trump¿s Use of Twitter in the 2016 Campaign Katherine Haenschen, Mike Horning, Jim A. Kuypers5. The Pundit Problem: A Look at Bias and Negativity in Cable News Coverage as the 2016 Election Came to a Close Mike Horning6. News Media Framing of the Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches: Terministic Screens and the Discovery of the Worldview and Bias of the Press Jim A. Kuypers7. Social Media Candidate Attacks and Hillary Clinton¿s Failed Narrative in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Stephanie A. Martin and Andrea J. Terry8. Iconographic Tracking of Pepe the Frog Meme through the 2016 Presidential Campaign Natalia Mielczarek9. Entertainment News and Satire in the 2016 Presidential ElectionJoseph M. Valezano III and Chad Painter10. Journalistic Hegemony of ¿Blue Privilege:¿ Tracing the Use of Identity Politics toward a Political Economy of News Coverage Ben Voth11. Sports Figures, Social Commentary, and the Role of Sports Journalism during the 2016 Presidential Election Erin WhitesideIndexAbout the Contributors...
