The Capitol Riots

Jeppesen, Sandra; Hoechsmann, Michael; ulthiin, iowyth hezel; VanDyke, David; McKee, Margaret; Giroux, Henry A.; Kumanyika, Chenjerai

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“…Protesters once again took to the streets, fighting for and against Trump. The storming of the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 was the visual spectacle of what seemed the final chapter of a tumultuous time in US politics (Jeppesen et al, 2022). But of course visual communication was not simply images of politicians and protests.…”

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Visual Politics

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Veneti²

2023

Research Handbook on Visual Politics

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Visual Politics

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2023

Research Handbook on Visual Politics

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“…Certain groups in society may be more vulnerable to "fake news" than others (Tandoc Jr., 2019). Indeed, the role played by disinformation in politically significant events, such as the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, suggests the risks of "fake news" are significant, even if they only reach or influence a small number of individuals (Jeppesen et al, 2022). Little wonder then, that some suggest "fake news" should be addressed as a top scientific priority (Bergstrom & West, 2021).…”

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The Datatext at the Knowledge Exhibition

Dick¹

2023

Connecting &Amp; Sharing: The Book of Selected Readings 2023

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Public understanding of many aspects of modern life is routinely, and sometimes wildly out of step with reality. Given the increasingly visual nature of modern life, the question arises whether visual communication may address this problem. There are historical precedents in this field from which to learn – such as Isotype. This theoretical study sets out the groundwork for an alternative approach to Isotype. The datatext (after W. J. T. Mitchell) is a multilevel discourse comprising visual arguments mutually reinforced by combinations of words, numbers, and images. This concept draws upon John Dewey's philosophy of education (and localism); Martha Nussbaum's ideas about capability; Iris Murdoch's metaphysics; representational and embodied metaphor; and good practice in infographic design. The author provides recommendations for an experiment to test the effective visual display of key civic facts to improve a local public's civic awareness.

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“…In this approach, we can know the meaning of the riot in the following ways: it was an "insurrection" engineered by Donald Trump ( January 6th Committee 2022), guided by a "patriotic counter-revolutionary" "political mindset" (Pape 2022b) that was fomented by a "white supremacist" political ideology (Belew and Gutierrez 2021) and proof of predicted, but now realized, "fascism" (Stanley 2018(Stanley , 2021, "tyranny" (Snyder 2017(Snyder , 2021, or "Christian nationalism" (Baptist Joint Committee 2022). Attempts to shoehorn the riot into a unitary analytical category have produced "January 6" as an "event," an epistemological object that can represent a broader societal context ( Jeppesen et al 2022).…”

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The Ordinariness of January 6: Rhetorics of Participation in Antidemocratic Culture

Valayden,

Walzer,

Moore

2024

Journal of Right-Wing Studies

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The January 6, 2021, Capitol riot appeared as an extraordinary and shocking event to many American citizens. In fact, the various framings of the riot such as “insurrection,” “sedition,” or “domestic terrorism” seem to confirm the unprecedented nature of the day. By contrast, in this article we argue that January 6 can be understood in terms of its ordinariness, that is, as “the most ordinary thing that could happen” when viewed in the context of right-wing politics. We first argue that the reliance on a universalized dichotomy between authoritarianism and democracy in current research on right-wing politics in the United States tends to reify those terms, and thus miss the ordinary and routine dimension of antidemocratic practices. We subsequently propose the concept antidemocratic cultures to understand how right-wing political dispositions are fabricated through and mediated by rhetorical acts including speech, written texts, and embodied everyday practice. We analyze the rhetoric of participation of riot participants by reading their text messages, social media posts, and interviews with law enforcement and news media, as detailed in their arrest sheets. The rhetoric of participation of riot participants reveals how political dispositions are fabricated through ordinary language use and how these identities congeal in antidemocratic cultures. In the last section, we further discuss how a theory of antidemocratic cultures provides a novel framework to understand contemporary right-wing politics.

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The Capitol Riots

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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Visual Politics

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Visual Politics

The Datatext at the Knowledge Exhibition

The Ordinariness of January 6: Rhetorics of Participation in Antidemocratic Culture

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