‘This is (not) Entertainment!’: media constructions of political scandal discourses in the 2016 US presidential election

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  • The phenomenon of scandal(ization) has become omnipresent in contemporary political media discourses – at the latest since the 2016 US presidential election. Our article addresses causes and effects of this recent prevalence of scandal narratives. By connecting concepts from social systems theory and media theory, we consider crucial practices and processes of scandal construction in the 2016 US presidential election, focusing on the much-noticed emailgate and trumptape scandals. Both examples serve to illustrate how the emergence of partial public spheres in social media may lead to a fight for sovereignty over scandal discourse, political attitudes, and the negotiation of social norms,The phenomenon of scandal(ization) has become omnipresent in contemporary political media discourses – at the latest since the 2016 US presidential election. Our article addresses causes and effects of this recent prevalence of scandal narratives. By connecting concepts from social systems theory and media theory, we consider crucial practices and processes of scandal construction in the 2016 US presidential election, focusing on the much-noticed emailgate and trumptape scandals. Both examples serve to illustrate how the emergence of partial public spheres in social media may lead to a fight for sovereignty over scandal discourse, political attitudes, and the negotiation of social norms, morals, and values.show moreshow less

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Author:Laura Vorberg, Anna ZeitlerORCiD
Persistent identifiers - URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:29-opus4-140894
Persistent identifiers - DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443719833288
ISSN:0163-4437
ISSN:1460-3675
Title of the journal / compilation (English):Media, Culture & Society
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Place:Sage UK: London, England
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of publication:2019
Date of first Publication:2019/05/01
Publishing Institution:Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Release Date:2020/07/09
Tag:2016 US presidential election; Clinton; Trump; mass media; media events; media scandal; political scandal; scandal; social media
Volume/year:41
Issue:4
First Page:417
Last Page:432
Original publication:Media, Culture & Society 41. 4 (2019): 417 - 432. <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443719833288>
Institutes:Forschungseinrichtungen
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
Collections:Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg / Eingespielte Open Access Artikel / Eingespielte Open Access Artikel 2020
Licence (German):Keine Creative Commons Lizenz - es gelten die Urheber- und Lizenzrechte des Verlags sowie die ggf. mit ihm verhandelten Open-Access-Rechte
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