Overview

When Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, coined the phrase ""alternative facts"" in January 2017, objectivity in public discourse--the long-held belief in a more or less agreed-upon set of verifiable truths--went into a tailspin. The use of alternative facts and narratives quickly became the go-to rhetorical strategy, especially among Trump's administration and base. Rebuttals based on fact-checking and hard data were demoted to mere choices in a media bazaar where consumers are free to source their own versions of reality. This volume explores the social and political disruption accompanying the loss of faith in objectivity, along with reflections on the disregard for truth and honesty, both within the Trump Administration and in contemporary popular culture.

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Author:   Salvador Jiménez Murguía
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781476679099

ISBN 10:   1476679096
Pages:   251
Publication Date:   27 June 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1: Trump Administration Observations (Not So) White Lies: “Rapists,” “Bad Hombres” and Donald Trump’s Conflation of “Mexicans” with “Illegal Immigration” During an Era of Declining Migration from Mexico (Justin D. García) The Irony at the Heart of Fake News and Alternative Facts (Robin Blom) “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required”: Donald Trump’s War on Journalism (Jim Clarke) Departing from the Truth and Alternative Realities: The Wrongful Death of Marvin Booker (Sig Langegger ) Part 2: Philosophical Observations Sophistry Redux: Mythology and Ancient Rhetoric Reborn in the Trump Age (Andrew Grossman) On Faith/Trust and Confidence in an Alterfactual Sense (Sabatino DiBernardo) What Is a Politician? (Christopher W. Thurley) Part 3: Historical Observations Of Crowd Sizes and Casualties: The Ominous Similarities Between ­Trump-Era America and Wartime Japan in the Use of Alternative Facts (Sean D. ­O’Reilly) Wild Irishmen, Alternative Facts and the Construction of America’s First “Wall” (Debra Reddin van Tuyll) The Alternative Electorate: Mapping ­Trumped-Up Claims of Voter Fraud in the 2016 Election (Jacopo della Quercia) Part 4: Pop Cultural Observations Speaking ­Post-Truth to Power: Comedy as Alternative Facts in Saturday Night Live (Melanie Piper) The Oven That Cooked Up Pizzagate: 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Board and ­Alt-Right Conspiracy Culture (Jeffrey J. Hall) From Mary Tyler Moore to Kellyanne Conway: Constructing a Synthetic Media Environment (Terri Toles Patkin ) About the Contributors Bibliography Index

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Salvador Jiménez Murguía is associate professor of sociology at Akita International University in Japan.

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