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Author:
Mercieca, Jennifer R. author.
Title:
Demagogue for president : the rhetorical genius of Donald Trump / Jennifer R. Mercieca.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Texas A&M University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xiv, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Trump, Donald,--1946---Language.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--21st century.
Communication in politics--United States--History--21st century.
Personality and politics--United States--History--21st century.
Populism--United States--History--21st century.
United States--Politics and government--2017-
Since 2000
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Trump and the Distrusting Electorate -- "I don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness." (Ad Populum) -- "It's going to be like this .... I'm going to continue to attack the press." (Ad Baculum) -- "You could have a Trojan horse situation. You could -- this could be the ultimate Trojan horse." (Reification) -- "Now, the poor guy. You gotta see this guy." (Ad Hominem) -- "I'm not saying that he conspired; I'm just saying that it was all over the place." (Paralipsis) -- "I am 'America First.' So, I like the expression. I'm "America First.'" (American Exceptionalism) -- Trump and the Polarized Electorate -- "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." (Ad Populum) -- "Low-Energy Jeb!" (Ad Hominem) -- "I didn't tweet; I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert. Am I gonna check every statistic? All it was is a retweet. And it wasn't from me." (Paralipsis) -- "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment, people, maybe there is. I don't know." (Ad Baculum)
Summary:
"Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions-"a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power" or "a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times" (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1623499062
9781623499068
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1128453682
LCCN:
2019057727
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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