How to Turn Democrats and Republicans into Americans

Edwards, Mickey

doi:10.1057/9781137312761_11

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“…American government will go on the way it has, not as a collective enterprise but as a battle between warring tribes . (Edwards, 2011, The Atlantic)…”

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#secondcivilwarletters from the front: Discursive illusions in a trending Twitter hashtag

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Bhatia

2019

New Media & Society

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When conservative media personality and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned of an impending Second Civil War to be initiated by Democrats, he instigated a viral hashtag on Twitter – #secondcivilwarletters – which drew tweets of political commentary and critique in a style mimicking war letters from the American Civil War. Using a sample of these tweets, this article explores the evocation of discursive illusions already established within mainstream and alternative media discourse about contemporary partisan politics in America – that is, the divide between the Republicans and the Democrats and how they categorise each other. To do this we adopt Bhatia’s framework of the discourse of illusion and its three main components of linguistic and semiotic action, historicity and social impact. The analysis reveals the extent to which this illusion has permeated the consciousness of the users as they present their ideological beliefs and positions in this new media context.

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“…American government will go on the way it has, not as a collective enterprise but as a battle between warring tribes . (Edwards, 2011, The Atlantic)…”

Section: Analysis and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

#secondcivilwarletters from the front: Discursive illusions in a trending Twitter hashtag

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Bhatia

2019

New Media & Society

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How to Turn Democrats and Republicans into Americans

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#secondcivilwarletters from the front: Discursive illusions in a trending Twitter hashtag

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