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Drawing on social science and communications theory,
Gonzo Governance offers a new interpretation of Presidential power that shifts focus to the media dynamics that surrounded Donald Trump - emphasizing how these changes informed his electoral strategies as well as the insurrection attempt on the U.S. Capitol.
List of contents
Acknowledgements Preface About the Author1 Introduction: Gonzo Governance
2 Trump and the Mediated Politics of Fear
3 Pandemic in the Time of Trump: Digital Media Logic and Deadly Politics
4 The Media Syndrome and Reflexive Mediation
5 Media Logic Before and After Donald Trump
6 Media, Ratings, and Trump
7 Gonzo Governance and the Politics of Fear
8 Power and Terror
9 Terrorism in the Gonzo Era
10 The Future of Gonzo Governance
Bibliography
Index
About the author
David L. Altheide, PhD, is Regents' Professor Emeritus on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, where he taught for 37 years. His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control. His most recent books are
Terrorism and the Politics of Fear (2nd edition, Rowman and Littlefield, 2017),
The Media Syndrome (Routledge, 2016),
Media Edge: Media Logic and Social Reality (Lang, 2014),
Qualitative Media Analysis (2nd edition, Sage, 2012), and
Terror Post 9/11 and the Media (Lang, 2009).
Dr. Altheide received the Cooley Award three times, which is given to the outstanding book in symbolic interaction, and received the 2005 George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime contributions from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, as well as the society's Mentor Achievement Award in 2007. In fall 2012 he was a Fulbright Specialist in Germany (Zeppelin University) and a Distinguished Research Professor in Australia (Law Faculty, University of New South Wales). He also received a Fulbright Specialist Award at The Catholic University in Lisbon, Portugal in spring 2017.
Summary
Drawing on social science and communications theory, Gonzo Governance offers a new interpretation of Presidential power that shifts focus to the media dynamics that surrounded Donald Trump – emphasizing how these changes informed his electoral strategies as well as the insurrection attempt on the U.S. Capitol.
