[Commlist] New book: Trump's Media War

The editors would like to announce a recent book publication:

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/Trump’s Media War - /Edited by Catherine Happer, Andrew Hoskins, and 
William Merrin (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)



Book link:https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319940687


Available 
at:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trumps-Media-War-Catherine-Happer/dp/3319940686/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550581853&sr=8-1&keywords=Trump%27s+Media+War


The election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 seemed to catch the 
world napping. Like the vote for Brexit in the UK, there seemed to be a 
new de-synchronicity – a huge reality gap – between the unfolding of 
history and the mainstream news media’s interpretations of and reporting 
of contemporary events. Through a series of short, sharp interventions 
from academics and journalists, this book interrogates the emergent 
media war around Donald Trump.

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*List of Chapters:*

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_Part 1: Killing the Media_


Weaponizing Reality: An Introduction to Trump’s War on the Media - 
Catherine Happer, Andrew Hoskins, William Merrin


Trump and the Press: A Murder-Suicide Pact - Jeff Jarvis

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_Part 2: Fake News_


Turning the Tables: How Trump Turned Fake News from a Weapon of 
Deception to a Weapon of Mass Destruction of Legitimate News - Paul Levinson


Trump’s War Against the Media, Fake News, and (A)Social Media - Douglas 
Kellner


The War of Images in the Age of Trump - Tom Allbeson, Stuart Allan

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_Part 3: Reporting Trump: Building the Brand_


‘Authentic’ Men and ‘Angry’ Women: Trump, Reality Television, and 
Gendered Constructions of Business and Politics - Lisa W. Kelly


Covering Trump: Reflections from the Campaign Trail and the Challenge 
for Journalism - Peter Geoghegan


The Scottish Provenance of Trump’s Approach to the Media - David Torrance

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_Part 4: The Politics of Performance_


The Donald: Media, Celebrity, Authenticity, and Accountability 
-__Michael Higgins__


The Big Standoff: Trump’s Handshakes and the Limits of News Values - Ben 
O’Loughlin


“Classic Theatre” as Media Against Trump: Imagining Chekhov - John Tulloch


Trump and Satire: America’s Carnivalesque President and His War on 
Television Comedians - Alex Symons

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_Part 5: Media Out of the Margins_


President Troll: Trump, 4Chan and Memetic Warfare - William Merrin


Trump, the First Facebook President: Why Politicians Need Our Data Too - 
Jennifer Pybus


Trump’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Conspiratorialism in the Arab 
Media Sphere - Abdullah K. Al-Saud, Dounia Mahlouly



‘As the first US president to openly defy long-accepted journalistic 
norms, Donald Trump has provoked fury, frustration and occasionally 
admiration. This eminently readable collection of essays from a variety 
of distinguished commentators and academics offers some very stimulating 
reflections on a digital media phenomenon who, whether we like it or 
not, is rewriting the rules of political communication. Highly 
recommended for students and anyone interested in journalism, politics, 
media or contemporary culture.’ (Steven Barnett, Professor of 
Communications, University of Westminster, UK)


‘Trump and the media are a paradox: On the one hand, Trump makes use of 
Twitter like no other president, on the other hand, he positions himself 
sharper than ever against critical media. In a highly sophisticated way, 
the contributions in this volume open the eyes to this media paradox of 
Trump’s presidency.’ (Andreas Hepp, Professor, ZeMKI, University of 
Bremen, Germany)


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