Trump and Mussolini - Images, Fake News, and Mass Media as Weapons in the Hands of Two Populists

Trump and Mussolini depicts two historic individuals, though divided by a century-the former at the dawn of mass society, the latter of social networking-as men of beginnings, exploiting these unique moments to their advantage and utilizing rhetoric, mannerism, and body language as weapons of communication often against truth and common good.

List of contents

Preface by Anthony Julian Tamburri
Introduction: Similarities in the Trump and Mussolini Eras
Chapter I: Manipulating Information
Chapter II: The Climb: A New Narrative
Chapter III: Protean Leaderships
Chapter IV: Mechanisms of Consensus and Democracy
Chapter V: Ideology as a Prop
Chapter VI: Achieving Internal Consensus
Chapter VII: Geopolitics
Chapter VIII: The Women
Interview with Ambassador Robert J. Callahan
Interview with Sociologist Franco Ferraotti

About the author

Anna Camaiti Hostert, PhD, is an independent scholar and philosopher in the field of Anglo-American cultural studies, with a focus on visual studies.
Enzo Antonio Cicchino is a documentarist and author for RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana of several history programs.

Product details

• Authors: Enzo Antonio Cicchino, Anna Camaiti Hostert
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2022
• EAN: 9781683933663
• ISBN: 978-1-68393-366-3
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education