TY - BOOK ID - 108049907 TI - Trump, Twitter, and the American Democracy : Political Communication in the Digital Age AU - Ouyang, Yu. AU - Waterman, Richard W. PY - 2020 SN - 9783030442422 303044242X 303044242X 3030442411 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Social psychology KW - Politics KW - Law KW - Mass communications KW - sociale media KW - communicatie KW - politiek KW - recht KW - leidinggeven KW - United States KW - Political communication. KW - Social media. KW - Political leadership. KW - Legislative bodies. KW - Political Communication. KW - US Politics. KW - Social Media. KW - Political Leadership. KW - Legislative and Executive Politics. KW - Bicameralism KW - Legislatures KW - Parliaments KW - Unicameral legislatures KW - Constitutional law KW - Estates (Social orders) KW - Representative government and representation KW - Leadership KW - User-generated media KW - Communication KW - User-generated content KW - Political communication KW - Political science KW - Politics and government. KW - Communication in politics. KW - America KW - Executive power. KW - American Politics. KW - Executive Politics. KW - Emergency powers KW - Power, Executive KW - Presidents KW - Implied powers (Constitutional law) KW - Separation of powers KW - Powers KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:108049907 AB - “Ouyang and Waterman have crafted a fascinating book that examines the Twitter-verse of Donald Trump. More importantly, their well-written effort challenges many of our assumptions about modern presidential rhetoric studies. They put forth the concept of ‘going directly public’ (GDP) which looks at how a president engages the public and uses media power to shift the political system.” —Shannon Bow O’Brien, Lecturer, University of Texas, USA This book takes a social science approach to address two related questions: (1) what does Donald Trump say on Twitter? and (2) why? Since entering the 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump’s tweets have been a major part of his communications strategy with the public. While the popular media has devoted considerable attention to selected tweets, it is less clear what those selected tweets tell us about Trump the businessman, the political candidate, and, finally, the President of the United States. We argue that to fully understand Trump, we must take a more comprehensive approach to examining all of his activities on Twitter. Overall, our analysis presents a strikingly complex picture of Trump and how he uses Twitter. Not only has his pattern of tweets changed over time, we find that Trump’s use of Twitter is more deliberate than he has been given credit. Like most other politicians, Trump is strategically-minded about his presence on social media. Yu Ouyang is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest, USA. Richard W. Waterman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, USA. ER -