The age of Twitter: Donald J. Trump and the politics of debasement

Ott, Brian L.

doi:10.1080/15295036.2016.1266686

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“…Other studies of President Trump's speech patterns (Bosker, 2017;Ledford, 2016;Ott, 2017) have tended to note his habit of using similar formulations relying on simple sentences, repetition and a tendency to deviate from the question. In addition, he rarely expresses any doubt in his own views and will only cite dissenting voices in order to dismiss them -on his own terms.…”

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Equivocation in Political Discourse: How Do We Know When It Is Happening?

Alhuthali¹

2018

IJEL

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Equivocation is a mode of speech adopted when the speaker wishes to avoid a direct answer to a question but is unwilling to resort to telling a lie. The result is a mode of speech at least partly designed to obscure communication rather than achieve clarity. However, determining what is equivocation is complex, not least as it can show attributes close to that expected when making a nuanced argument that takes account of lack of information or current controversies about the issue. This suggests the equivocation is much a product of how a given speech is interpreted by the observer. This study takes an interview given by President Trump shortly after his inauguration in 2016. Each block of speech is coded for evidence of equivocation (and, if so, of the type of equivocation). The main finding was that he systematically used equivocation in the interview with the manner of this shifting a little as the focus of the interview changed. However, there was no correlation between his use of equivocation and those sections were other observers have suggested his answers were actually dishonest. The extent to which he uses equivocation as a normal part of speech calls into account earlier assumptions that politicians resort to this mode of discourse at particular times rather than as a standard response. In turn, this requires the observer to consider how they define equivocation and how they respond when a particular politician uses this approach.

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Equivocation in Political Discourse: How Do We Know When It Is Happening?

Alhuthali¹

2018

IJEL

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“…There is some indication that this trend on social media is changing, as counter-trends have emerged during the 2016 US elections (Enli, 2017). Specifically, research suggests that whilst Clinton, in line with previous practice, rarely used Twitter for attacks, Donald Trump extensively used it for launching attacks on other political communication actors (Lee & Lim, 2016;Ott, 2017).…”

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Political Impression Management Through Direct and Mediated Communication: The 2014/2015 Croatian Presidential Elections

Šimunjak¹,

Ćorić²,

Brečić³

2017

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This paper examines similarities and differences between direct and mediated political candidates' communication during electoral campaigns, and answers the question: How, if at all, do candidates' techniques of impression management differ in their direct and mediated communication. The study is based on content analysis of major daily newspapers, and statements published by candidates in the 2014/2015 Croatian presidential elections on their official Facebook and Twitter accounts. The results show that candidates did not use social media to portray their personal side, humanise their image and create their image of a leader through references to their skills and qualities. Rather, this research shows that in spite of the growing importance of social media, and the willingness and skill of the politicians in employing social media, traditional media, such as newspapers, remain indispensable for providing information about political issues to citizens in this new democracy during presidential elections.

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“…Cada vez aumenta más el porcentaje de la audiencia que consume contenidos desde diferentes plataformas dejando atrás la forma usual de obtener información política o de otro tipo: -Twitter increasingly performs the agenda-setting function in politics once dominated by television. Television or, at least, televised news now follows the lead of Twitter‖ (Ott, 2017).…”

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Movilización y participación en Twitter. Estudio de caso del hashtag #SuperTuesday en las primarias presidenciales de EEUU 2016

Martínez

González

Gracia

2017

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El proceso electoral de los Estados Unidos es de interés mundial; es un evento de impacto por el interés informativo y el supermartes es un hito en la campaña electoral a la Casa Blanca. Objetivo: Analizar los contenidos y la interacción en Twitter durante la jornada del supermartes. Metodología: El estudio incluyó las características de los tweets publicados, los tipos de contenido, los temas y la interacción en Twitter. El estudio se realizó seleccionando tuits durante la jornada del supermartes que incluyeron el hashtag #SuperTuesday. Las metodologías utilizadas fueron el análisis de contenido. Discusión y Conclusiones: La constante fue la preferencia por resaltar la jornada electoral a través de contenidos originales y en los cuales no destacaba ninguno de los candidatos. El supermartes fue la temática de preferencia dejando paso, al final de la jornada, a los candidatos como tema preferente.

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The age of Twitter: Donald J. Trump and the politics of debasement

Cited by 489 publications

References 4 publications

Equivocation in Political Discourse: How Do We Know When It Is Happening?

Equivocation in Political Discourse: How Do We Know When It Is Happening?

Political Impression Management Through Direct and Mediated Communication: The 2014/2015 Croatian Presidential Elections

Movilización y participación en Twitter. Estudio de caso del hashtag #SuperTuesday en las primarias presidenciales de EEUU 2016

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