Texts (and Tweets) from<scp>H</scp>illary: Meta‐Meming and Postfeminist Political Culture

Anderson, Karrin Vasby; Sheeler, Kristina Horn

doi:10.1111/psq.12111

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“…In their study of female politicians' image in the postfeminist political culture, Anderson and Sheeler contend that US politics feel greater affinity to "fictional and potential women presidential candidates" than the real ones. 124 Learning from the 'Hillary' experience will provide the aspiring feminist politicians with valuable knowledge to transform the fictious image of a woman president into reality.…”

Section: Conclusion: the 'Hillary' Experiencementioning

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Truth, Truth-telling and Gender in Politics: The ”Hillary” Experience

Ataç¹

2019

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The American presidential election of 2016 almost contributed a woman president to the global women's movement, feminism activists, women's rights networks and the agents of political feminism all around the world. Hillary Clinton, though her capacity to represent feminism is not unquestionable, came forward as the first woman presidential candidate of a major party and pursued a feminist-and LQBT-friendly campaign. In that sense, she was a great hope for the future of feminist politics in terms of women's participation in electoral politics-particularly officeholding. A woman president governing one of the hegemonic powers of the international system such as the United States (US) was a historic chance for women's attempts at claiming politics. To incorporate the neglected experiences and discourses of women into the mainstream practices of high and low politics by a feminist American president would have repercussions not only for the US, but the rest of the world as well. Low politics, which are the issue areas not inevitable for the survival of the state, are more open to the women's participation. High politics with issue areas such as foreign policy and security are more directly related to the survival of the state and generally exclude women, their discourse and values from the policy-making procedures. A woman president would have integrated both the high and the low politics in the way to make feminism influential even, or especially, in matters of survival. 2 Nevertheless, Hillary Clinton's rather vague, ironic, implicit and sometimes misleading responses to the questions for which she was urged by the public to tell the truth dominated her presidential campaign and created an air of "mistrust" 1 among the voters. Particularly, during the FBI interrogation about her emails as Secretary of State, her negative image reached a peak of historic unpopularity. Her "self-knowledge, steadiness, and composure"-attributes she is famous for-could not prevent her loss of the election,

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Section: Conclusion: the 'Hillary' Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Truth, Truth-telling and Gender in Politics: The ”Hillary” Experience

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2019

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“…A chief criterion for a presidential candidate is the attainment of being perceived as “presidential.” The perception of presidentiality has a strong persuasive effect on voters (Morris and Johnson ). A candidate's rhetoric can shape voters’ perceptions of presidentiality (Anderson and Sheeler ). In focus groups during the 1992 presidential debates, Pfau and Eveland () reported that participants repeatedly harped on which candidate seemed “presidential” or had a “presidential image” (163).…”

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“…Neuman, Nave, and Dolev (2010) call "presidentialness" a "buzzword" or "neologism" in the English language, defined as: "The physical and mental qualities that make a person appear to be suitable for the job of United States president" (68). Anderson and Sheeler (2014) speak of presidentiality as the successful electoral attainment of the U.S. presidency. Presidentiality can include anything from physical height to an optimistic attitude (Herman 1990).…”

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When Does a Presidential Candidate Seem Presidential and Trustworthy? Campaign Messages Through the Lens of Language Expectancy Theory

Clementson¹,

Pascual‐Ferrá²,

Beatty³

2016

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Presidential candidates use different language intensity in different situations. However, the literature is unclear as to when they should use low‐ or high‐intensity language. We applied language expectancy theory and Edwards’ theory of presidential influence to situations varying in circumstances during a presidential campaign. Results indicated significant interactions between language intensity and economic conditions. In support of theories of persuasion applied to presidential campaign contexts, the effects of language intensity and circumstances each depend on the other. During exigent economic times, people consider a presidential candidate to have more presidentiality and trustworthiness when using high‐ instead of low‐intensity language. And during stable economic times, people consider a presidential candidate to have more presidentiality and trustworthiness when using low‐ instead of high‐intensity language.

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“…Bonilla and Rosa (2015) have argued that hashtag memes (e.g., #HandsUpDontShoot and #Ferguson) that traverse social media networks serve as virtual sites for the consolidation of texts that counter dominant media narratives. Anderson and Sheeler (2014) have examined the significance of memes and meta-memes in the formation of Hillary Clinton’s public image. And Shifman (2014) contends that many photo-based Internet memes extend and subvert the fundamental assumptions and practices associated with iconic images, stock photos, and amateur photography.…”

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Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Republican Jesus Meme and the Fracturing of Ideology

Duerringer

2016

Social Media + Society

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This project joins a growing conversation about the cultural significance of memes (and Internet memes in particular), offering a critical analysis of Republican Jesus-one popular image macro that mocks contemporary American conservatismin order to illustrate the rhetorical potential of these putatively harmless do-it yourself (DIY) creations. Ultimately, I argue that Republican Jesus offers a critique of contemporary conservatism that creates "perspective by incongruity" and, thereby, creates a space for ideological struggle.

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Texts (and Tweets) fromHillary: Meta‐Meming and Postfeminist Political Culture

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Truth, Truth-telling and Gender in Politics: The ”Hillary” Experience

Truth, Truth-telling and Gender in Politics: The ”Hillary” Experience

When Does a Presidential Candidate Seem Presidential and Trustworthy? Campaign Messages Through the Lens of Language Expectancy Theory

Who Would Jesus Bomb? The Republican Jesus Meme and the Fracturing of Ideology

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