The 2016 American Presidential Campaign Discourse of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump By Colleen Elizabeth Kelly This book examines the campaign speeches of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump as they targeted members of the American public that were ideologically different but equally emotionally vulnerable. Each appealed to marginalized segments of the electorate, groups at opposite …
White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump By Stephen J. Farnsworth This book traces the evolution of White House news management during America’s changing media environment over the past two decades. Comparing and contrasting the communication strategies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, it demonstrates …
By Karina V. Korostelina In this book, Karina V. Korostelina offers a novel framework for analyzing the ways in which seemingly minor insults between ethnic groups, nations, and other types of groups escalate to disproportionately violent behavior and political conflict. Insult can take many forms. Yet, as this book shows, it is always a social …
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By Salena Zito and Brad Todd Zito and Todd have traveled on over 27,000 miles of country roads to interview more than 300 Trump voters in 10 swing counties. What they have discovered is that these voters were hiding in plain sight–ignored by both parties, the media, and the political experts all at once, ready …
Continue reading The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics
Edited by Daniel Rothbart This volume explores contemporary social conflict, focusing on a sort of violence that rarely receives coverage in the evening news. This violence occurs when powerful institutions seek to manipulate the thoughts of marginalized people—manufacturing their feelings and fostering a sense of inferiority—for the purpose of disciplinary control. Many American institutions strategically …
Continue reading Systemic Humiliation in America Finding Dignity within Systems of Degradation
By S. Robert Lichter, Jody C Baumgartner, Jonathan S. Morris Does late night political humor matter? Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? Politics Is a Joke! situates late night comedy in the historical context of political humor and demonstrates how the public …
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By Gregory Simons and Iulian Chifu Using cogent examples drawn variously from conflicts of the Arab Spring, the Islamic State and Russian adventurism in South Ossetia, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, the authors demonstrate the application of Information Warfare, the practice of Hybrid Warfare, and offensive use of diplomacy, communications, economics and international law to obtain …
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By Andrew Douglas The race for the White House between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden gets uglier by the day. Join the Washington Examiner and CARP Lab for the 3rd and final webinar on character assassination and the 2020 presidential race. Hear from leading academics and journalists about how the topsy-turvy Trump-Biden …
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CARP Lab is pleased to introduce you to our newest intern, Andrew Douglas, who is joining us in Washington, DC this fall. Andrew is an undergraduate political media intern currently in his senior year at DePauw University. His background comes from experience running the media platforms for a Chicago-based startup as well as working under …
By Arya Rashidian The reputation of a professor is how the students perceive the image of the professor based on their decisions, actions, and moral responsibility towards their classroom and academia. A professor’s reputation greatly affects the classroom and the students in it, and being dishonest can shame and destroy their reputation and the institution …
Continue reading Reputation and Character Assassination in Academia: A Jessica Krug Story
Character Assassination and Reputation Politics Research Lab 