Trump Gave Them Hope: Studying the Strangers in Their Own Land

This article argues that a set of recent books published in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election provides a road map for understanding its outcome and a research agenda for political communication scholars in the years ahead. This article focuses on sociologist Arlie Hochschild's Stra...

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Published in:Political communication 2017-07, Vol.34 (3), p.470-478
Main Authors: Kreiss, Daniel, Barker, Joshua O., Zenner, Shannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
2016 U.S. presidential election
Communication
Content analysis
Deprivation
Donald Trump
Elections
Emotions
Ethnicity
Group identity
Group status
Intellectuals
Land
Mass media
Mass media effects
Narratives
Political attitudes
Political communication
Political identity
Political parties
Political power
Politics
Presidential elections
Presidents
race and ethnicity
Scholarship
Social groups
social status
Sociologists
Strangers
Supporters
Trump, Donald J
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Summary:This article argues that a set of recent books published in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election provides a road map for understanding its outcome and a research agenda for political communication scholars in the years ahead. This article focuses on sociologist Arlie Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land, a field study that documents the roles that identity, narratives, and emotions play in shaping the political beliefs and behavior of White Tea Party supporters. Building on these insights, through an analysis of 123 content analyses published in Political Communication between 2003-2016, we demonstrate gaps in our field and argue that scholarship can grow analytically and empirically by accounting for the findings of these books. We conclude with suggestions for future research into people's perceptions of identity, group status, deprivation, and political power, as well as the role of media, political actors, and social groups in creating these narratives of American politics.
ISSN:1058-4609
1091-7675
DOI:10.1080/10584609.2017.1330076