Open AccessPopulist Soap Opera by Donald Trump
Author(s) -
Sead Alić
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
društvene i humanističke studije
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2490-3647
pISSN - 2490-3604
DOI - 10.51558/2490-3647.2022.7.1.43
Subject(s) - opera , connection (principal bundle) , power (physics) , politics , media studies , soap , social media , dimension (graph theory) , sociology , political science , aesthetics , art , computer science , literature , law , engineering , world wide web , physics , mathematics , structural engineering , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
This text seeks to draw attention to the connection between Trump’s political career and his participation in media spectacles. Through this connection, the text emphasizes the power of a completely new medium - comments on social networks. These comments enabled the kind of speech that of trends in hate speech. The media dimension of Trumpism testifies the participation and importance of the media for any formation or maintenance of power.