Essays about: "2016 United States presidential election"

Found 5 essays containing the words 2016 United States presidential election.

  1. 1. Trump's election and support for the alt-right in European countries: spillover effects from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lucas Wilegoda Gamage; [2020]
    Keywords : Far-right; Populism; Donald Trump; Spillover Effects; Regression Discontinuity Design;

    Abstract : On November 9, 2016 Donald Trump was declared the 45th President of the United States, at the end of one of the most unpredictable elections of recent history. Trump's election is widely regarded not as an isolated event, but rather as one of the key events of the "global wave of populism" that swept the Western world in the 2010s. READ MORE

  2. 2. Reviewing the Rhetoric of Donald Trump's Twitter of the 2016 Presidential Election

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Chang Liu; [2017]
    Keywords : Political communication; Social networks; Twitter; Rhetoric; Metaphor; Trump;

    Abstract : With the development of science and technology, political communication is not only through television, radio and other traditional media in 21st century and political communication through the Internet become an inevitable trend. It is worth noting that Twitter has become a popular tool in political campaigning. READ MORE

  3. 3. May I Interest You in a Freshly Brewed Presidential Candidate? : An Analysis of Presidential Campaign Television Advertisements in the United States, 1952-2016

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Simon Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Professionalisation of political communication; The AIDA-model; Rhetorical political analysis; Political advertising; Presidential election campaign;

    Abstract : This study aims to shed light on the relationship between the commercial advertising model AIDA (Awareness/Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) and political television advertising, with a historical perspective being of extra interest. In order to do so, the study made use of theories concerning the AIDA-model, representation, rhetoric (with focus on ethos, pathos, and logos), and the professionalisation of political communication. READ MORE

  4. 4. "Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...": The very real effects and great human costs of fake news : A critical discourse analysis of Breitbart News Network's representation of Muslim and Syrian refugees in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : John LaChine; [2017]
    Keywords : 2016 United States presidential election; Breitbart; Breitbart News Network; Critical Discourse Analysis; Destructive discourses; Islam; Muslim refugees; National security; Syrian refugees; Syrian refugee ban;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how a Breitbart News Network text represented Muslim and Syrian refugees in the weeks leading up to the 2016 United States presidential election. Using a methodological framework based on Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis, the analysis seeks to reveal the linguistic semiotic choices made by the text producer in the representation of Muslim and Syrian refugees and to explain how these semiotic choices were used to achieve their effect. READ MORE

  5. 5. Altruism or Nepotism? A Study of Financial Firms' Connections to Presidential Candidates and the Resulting Impact on Stock Returns

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Marcus Ackland; Victor Svahn; [2016]
    Keywords : political connections; financial firms; event study;

    Abstract : It has proven difficult in previous research to quantify the accrued value derived from connections between companies and the political sector in developed countries. This thesis aims to quantify the value of connections to a presidential candidate in the early stage of a political election. READ MORE