2016 American Presidential Campaign and the News

Jim A. Kuypers is professor of rhetoric and political communication at Virginia Tech.

• 1.The 2016 Presidential Campaign, the News, and the RepublicJim A. Kuypers2.Fact or Fiction: Defining Fake News during the 2016 US Presidential ElectionAbe Aamidor3.The Othering of Donald Trump and His SupportersStephen D. Cooper4.Donald J. Trump’s Use of Twitter in the 2016 CampaignKatherine 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 CloseMike 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 PressJim A. Kuypers7.Social Media Candidate Attacks and Hillary Clinton’s Failed Narrative in the 2016 Presidential CampaignStephanie A. Martin and Andrea J. Terry8.Iconographic Tracking of Pepe the Frog Meme through the 2016 Presidential CampaignNatalia 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 CoverageBen Voth11.Sports Figures, Social Commentary, and the Role of Sports Journalism during the 2016 Presidential Election Erin WhitesideIndexAbout the Contributors

Probably since the earliest days of campaigns and elections in the United States, no one with the claim to be an “expert” has gotten more wrong than during the 2016 presidential election. This is why we need scholars who have the time to drill deeply into the data to let us know what really happened and why. The 2016 American Presidential Campaign and the News: Implications for American Democracy and the Republic is, thus, extremely timely. The broad range of essays covers almost every aspect of the campaign, especially its communications tactics, technology, and innovations. Journalists, political commentators, scholars, and students will be equally enlightened by its revelations. Moreover, the wisdom of the book applies to post-election discourse, which is vital to understand before the next election.