James T. Kitchens and Larry Powell examine why political messages appeal to voters in the United States by exploring the four pillars of the American psyche: fear, national narcissism, consumerism, and religiosity. These pillars, combined with the related matrix of attitudes, beliefs, and values, determine how political communication is understood.
James T. Kitchens and Larry Powell examine why political messages appeal to voters in the United States by exploring the four pillars of the American ...
The Culture of Blame and Payback in American Democracy looks at the forces that have developed over the past 50-plus years and created a dysfunctional political system in the United States. It argues that the current level of partisan polarization is actually the culmination of a number of forces at work during the past few decades. These include a perception by each party that the other is using unfair political tactics, the subsequent creation of a culture of blame with each party blaming the other for the dysfunction, a decline in political norms leading to childlike behavior by...
The Culture of Blame and Payback in American Democracy looks at the forces that have developed over the past 50-plus years and created a dysfunctional...
