[Commlist] new book: Trumping the Media: Politics and Democracy in the Post-Truth Era

Announcing a new book in communication and media studies.

Albrecht, Michael Mario. /Trumping the Media: Politics and Democracy in 
the Post-Truth Era/. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/trumping-the-media-9781501364860/ 
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/trumping-the-media-9781501364860/>

The ascendency of Donald J. Trump to the office of president was not a 
fluke. Changes in the media environment and changes in the political 
landscape converged and provided fertile ground for a demagogic populist 
to exploit existing structures for his personal and political gains. A 
right-wing ecosystem had developed that included cable television, talk 
radio, social media, and imageboards. The political rise of Trump 
occurred alongside a mainstreaming of far-right politics and a 
skepticism towards long-established institutions. Trump was able to 
exploit the shifts in politics and the media environment for his 
political gain. He deployed a post-truth strategy that challenged 
established media and political institutions and their claims to be 
arbiters of truth and protectors of democracy.

This book explores the shifts in the media environment that made the 
political career of Donald Trump possible. The author shows the ways 
that Trump was able to inhabit the new media and political landscape and 
take advantage of journalistic norms and practices that were susceptible 
to exploitation by a demagogue with no allegiance to the truth and no 
reverence towards the foundations of liberal democracy. Understanding 
the ways in which Trump was able to emerge as a powerful political force 
is essential to those invested in challenging the momentum of the 
alt-right and forwarding the project of democracy.

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