Donald J. Trump's Presidency: Communicating Race and Migration

This book explores the communicative aspects of Donald J. Trump's presidency, focusing on race, immigration, xenophobia, and social conflicts. It utilizes research data to capture critical moments and offers interdisciplinary concepts to understand immigrants and disinformation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 118 pages
Publication date: 04 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the remarkable presidency of Donald J. Trump, exploring the various tropes that characterized that period. Through rigorous research-based investigations, it delves into the communicative aspects of Trump's presidency, focusing on key themes such as race, immigration, xenophobia, and social conflicts. The book employs a multidisciplinary approach, utilizing research data to capture critical moments of the presidency.

Chapters examine metadiscourse during President Trump's press events, where he coined terms like "Nasty Question" and "Fake News" to describe media coverage. Computational framing analysis is used to expose the communication of racism and xenophobia in US-Mexico cross-border wall discourses. Additionally, critical textual analysis is conducted on select episodes of CW's critically acclaimed TV show "Jane the Virgin," shedding light on how citizenship, or lack thereof, shapes individuals' relationships with the state and surrounding communities.

The book also explores interdisciplinary concepts related to understanding immigrants and their evaluation of disinformation. It examines textual analysis to demonstrate how a predominantly White newsroom differs from a newsroom that is racially diverse, particularly in the coverage of politically charged issues like Black Lives Matter and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). By examining these themes, the book provides valuable insights for scholars and researchers in communication studies, political communication, media and cultural studies, race and ethnic studies, and political science.

Moreover, this book will appeal to a broader audience interested in the communicative aspects of Trump's presidency and American politics. Originally published as a special issue of the Howard Journal of Communications, this book is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, and anyone seeking to gain a deeper understanding of this significant period in American history.

Weight: 403g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032640747