Poaching Politics: Online Communication During the 2016 US Presidential Election (Frontiers in Political Communication)

The 2016 US election was ugly, divisive, maddening, and influential. In this provocative new book, Paul Booth, Amber Davisson, Aaron Hess, and Ashley Hinck explore the effect that everyday people had on the political process. From viewing candidates as celebrities, to finding fan communities within the political spectrum, to joining others online in spreading (mis)information, the true influence in 2016 was the online participant. Poaching Politics brings together research and scholars from media studies, political communication, and rhetoric to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the role of participatory cultures in shaping the 2016 US presidential election. Poaching Politics heralds a new way of creating and understanding shifts in the nature of political communication in the digital age. Cover Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Affective Orientations and Digital Politics in a Networked Public Sphere Part One Chapter 2. The Trump Card: Playing Fandom in the US 2016 Election Chapter 3. Fandom in Official Campaign Communication: Candidate Personae, Fan Voting Blocs, and Fan-Based Civic Arguments Part Two Chapter 4. Constituting the Deplorables Chapter 5. Memeing Our Way to Reality: Trolling as Rhetorical Orientation Conclusion: What to Do When Politics Has Been Poached Index