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Posting the Presidency: Cartoon Politics in a Social Media Landscape
ways, Donald Trump is among thefirst major political leaders to benefit from
fundamental changes in the media ecosystem. This article discerns
two dynamics at play in reshaping the media landscape: first, the fact that
social media can quickly mobilise effective political constituencies. Second,
the rhetorical mode Trump employs in effecting this shift from communities
to constituencies reconfigures politics to assume the logic of cartoons.
Trump presents and is represented as a character to whom the laws of
cartoon physics apply, not in a traditional manner, as an object of political
cartoons, but as a powerful agent, driving a logic of politics that engages
meme-makers in novel ways.
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- Polak, S.A.
- Date
- 2018-12-21
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- Media and Arts Law Review
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 403 - 419