When Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, he presided over
what some have termed the biggest political upset in US history (Goldmacher and …

Familiar narratives and simplistic stereotypes frame the representation of women in US politics.
Pervasive containment rhetorics, such as the distinction between women as mothers and …

Candidate image is a hyperreal amalgamation of image fragments generated by the politician,
her/his campaign communication, news framing, and political pop culture. In the Internet …

Dickerson: Now that puts you in a fıx. Clinton: Oh, I don’t think—Dickerson:—Does it put you
in a fıx? Tell us why it doesn’t put you in a fıx. Clinton: I cannot imagine anyone being more …

This article assesses the ways in which electoral systems present unique rhetorical challenges
for women running for elective office, using German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a case …

… Karrin Vasby Anderson is a Lecturer in the Department of Speech Communication at Colorado
… Griffin, Patricia Vasby, and Thad Anderson for their contributions to this project. Editorial …

This essay examines media coverage and candidate rhetoric of Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Elizabeth Dole during their 2000 political campaigns. Although gender was emphasized …

… Karrin Vasby Anderson would like to thank those whose support makes projects like this
one possible. Thad, thanks for encouraging me to dream bigger dreams and then helping to …

In this essay, I contend that political culture and campaign journalism during the 2008 US
presidential campaign was "pornified." Examination of broadcast journalism, viral videos, …

In contemporary American politics, metaphors serve as media frames and rhetorical resources
from which candidates can draw as they shape a public persona. In this essay, I examine …