Faking the News
- Authors
- Skinnell, Ryan
- Publisher
- Societas
- Tags
- anti-semitism , potas , populism , television , racism , alternative facts , speech , trump , humour , humor , propaganda , politics , comedy , rhetoric , charisma , persuasion , business , post-truth , presidency , image , fake news , lying , identity , truth , social media , antisemitism , demagoguery , political slogans , language , charismatic leadership
- ISBN
- 9781845409692
- Date
- 2018-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.01 MB
- Lang
- en
Donald J. Trump's speaking and writing invite passionate reactions ― maybe he's a bluecollar, billionaire hero who speaks the language of the common man or maybe he's a gleefully illiterate, tremendously unqualified idiot. Whatever the case, he was persuasive enough to get himself elected President of the United States and he's been persuasive enough to keep a majority of his supporters behind him. In Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump, eleven prominent rhetoric experts explain how Trump's persuasive language works.