Constructing Narratives in Response to Trump's Election

Shing-Ling S. Chen is professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Nicole Allaire is lecturer in the Department of English at Iowa State University. Zhuojun Joyce Chen is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa.

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The authors use their skills and analytic insights to delve systematically into the emergence of a president whom many have labeled as divisive and reckless. They tell an incisive story of a nation divided ideologically, but also oriented, in common, via technology. This apparent contradiction constitutes what the authors call a ‘narrative moment’ that provides a well-conceived and well-written account of the complex correlation between political discourse and technological access to such discourse.