Trump and the Media

<b>The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.</b><p>Donald Trump's election as the 45th President of the United States came as something of a surprise--to many analysts journalists and voters. The <i>New York Times'</i>s The Upshot gave Hillary Clinton an 85 percent chance of winning the White House even as the returns began to come in. What happened? And what role did the news and social media play in the election? In <i>Trump and the Media</i> journalism and technology experts grapple with these questions in a series of short thought-provoking essays. Considering the disruption of the media landscape the disconnect between many voters and the established news outlets the emergence of fake news and alternative facts and Trump's own use of social media these essays provide a window onto broader transformations in the relationship between information and politics in the twenty-first century.</p><p>The contributors find historical roots to current events in Cold War notions of us versus them trace the genealogy of the assault on facts and chart the collapse of traditional news gatekeepers. They consider such topics as Trump's tweets (diagnosed by one writer as Twitterosis) and the constant media exposure given to Trump during the campaign. They propose photojournalists as visual fact checkers (lessons of the paparazzi) and debate whether Trump's administration is authoritarian or just authoritarian-like. Finally they consider future strategies for the news and social media to improve the quality of democratic life.</p><p><b>Contributors<br></b>Mike Ananny Chris W. Anderson Rodney Benson Pablo J. Boczkowski danah boyd Robyn Caplan Michael X. Delli Carpini Josh Cowls Susan J. Douglas Keith N. Hampton Dave Karpf Daniel Kreiss Seth C. Lewis Zoey Lichtenheld Andrew L. Mendelson Gina Neff Zizi Papacharissi Katy E. Pearce Victor Pickard Sue Robinson Adrienne Russell Ralph Schroeder Michael Schudson Julia Sonnevend Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt Tina Tucker Fred Turner Nikki Usher Karin Wahl-Jorgensen Silvio Waisbord Barbie Zelizer</p>