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US 2016 elections
In depth analyses of the 2016 presedential campaign
File
04/02/2016
The impact of Black Lives Matter on Hillary Clinton’s message on racial justice
Paper
10/11/2017
18 minutes to read
This paper is about the impact of the social movement Black Lives Matter on the message Hillary Clinton wanted to convey on racial justice during the 2016 US presidential elections.
Trump L’oeuil
Article
05/02/2017
12 minutes to read
Mr. Trump continued to induce that “fired-up-and-ready-to-go” feeling, as had both then-Senator Obama in 2008 and Senator Sanders in the primaries. And, according to Michael Silverstein, that made all the difference.
Donald J. Trump: The maverick
Article
14/11/2016
8 minutes to read
Donald Trump's message helped him win the 2016 presidential election. However, could the opponents' counter-messages have helped support his own? This paper analyzes the complex construction of Trump's message that propelled him into presidency.
Donald Trump online
Paper
13/11/2016
10 minutes to read
Donald Trump knows very well that mediated visibility can be used as a political instrument and weapon. So instead of trying to control this mediated visibility, he uses mediated controversy as his strategy.
Trump: het einde van het propagandamodel
Article
10/11/2016
4 minutes to read
De verkiezing van Trump toont nogmaals aan hoe onze politieke analysemodellen de feiten achterna hollen.
Trump's policies make no sense; so who supports him?
Article
07/11/2016
7 minutes to read
Explaining the political appeal of Donald Trump and why his message does make sense to swathes of Americans.
How did Trump get this far?
Article
05/10/2016
12 minutes to read
In this third and last article on Trump's message, Ico Maly analyzes a Facebook-Live video featuring Trump speaking to the crowds at a Rally in Jackson, Mississippi.
Trump, the celebrity-businessman and vox populism
Article
05/10/2016
11 minutes to read
In this second article on Trump's message, Ico Maly analyzes Donald Trump's "bragging-message machine". Winning elections is not about how well informed or intelligent a candidate is, it’s about ‘Message’.
Is Donald Trump a 'dangerous clown'?
Article
05/10/2016
9 minutes to read
In this first article on "Trump's Message", Ico Maly analyzes the negative messaging of the adversaries of Donald Trump. He argues that the framing of Trump as a clown makes us blind to the power of his message.
PMURT | TRUMP
Working paper
03/10/2016
Kevin Doyle watched Trump's entire rally in Jacksonville. And he read all the posts of Trump's critics. He concludes that Trump is immune, even more: that the critiques makes him thrive.
Reggaefans verbijsterd
Article
30/09/2016
3 minutes to read
De populaire reggaezangeres Etana steunt Donald Trump openlijk in zijn race voor het Amerikaanse presidentschap. Reggaefans blijven stomverbaasd achter.
Why Lindsey Graham is the Defeated Commander
Paper
30/09/2016
21 minutes to read
Explaining political failure is as relevant as explaining political success.This analysis explores why Lindsey Graham's political message did not succeed in capturing the electorate in the campaign for the Republican presidential primaries.
Martin O'Malley, who?
Article
29/08/2016
17 minutes to read
Martin O'Malley was, next to Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, the third Democratic candidate in the 2016 US elections. This paper explains why you probably never heard of him.
Ben Carson's #IamaChristian
Paper
29/08/2016
20 minutes to read
Carsons tweet 'I AM A CHRISTIAN ’ went viral right after the college shooting near Roseburg, Oregon, killing nine people. This paper give insight on the person Ben Carson, what made him tweet these words.
Making Socialism 'Cool' Again
Paper
29/08/2016
15 minutes to read
Bernie Sanders labels himself as a democratic socialist. In America, this normally means you stay stuck in the margins. Contrary to that assumption, Sanders mobilized millions.