Routledge handbook of character assassination and reputation management / edited by Sergei A. Samoilenko, Martijn Icks, Jennifer Keohane, Eric Shiraev.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Samoilenko, Sergei A., 1976- editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology--Case studies.

Political psychology.

Libel and slander--Political aspects--Case studies.

Libel and slander.

Character--Political aspects--Case studies.

Character.

Reputation--Political aspects--Case studies.

Reputation.

Communication in politics--Case studies.

Communication in politics.

Politicians--Public opinion--Case studies.

Politicians.

Heads of state--Public opinion--Case studies.

Heads of state.

Heads of state--Public opinion.

Politicians--Public opinion.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Handbook of character assassination and reputation management

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Sergei A. Samoilenko is a public relations instructor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. His research focuses on issues in crisis communication, reputation management, and post-Soviet studies. He is a co-editor of Deception, Fake News and Misinformation Online and Traditional and New Media Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Martijn Icks isLecturer in Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. He specializes in Roman imperial history and the history of character assassination. His study on the Roman emperor Elagabalus has appeared in three languages. Jennifer Keohane is Assistant Professor in the Klein Family School of Communications Design at the University of Baltimore. Her current research explores the rhetoric of the labor movement in the United States. She is the author of Communist Rhetoric and Feminist Voices in Cold War America, and her other research has appeared in Women's Studies in Communication, Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Rhetoric Review. Eric Shiraev teaches at George Mason University. He is an author, a co-author, and co-editor of twenty books and numerous publications in the fields of political psychology, international relations, and cross-cultural studies. Besides his teaching and scholarly work, Shiraev writes policy briefs and opinion essays for government agencies, NGOs, and the media.

Summary:

In modern politics as well as in historical times, character attacks abound. Words and images, like symbolic and psychological weapons, have sullied or destroyed numerous reputations. People mobilize significant material and psychological resources to defend themselves against such attacks. How does character assassination "work," and when does it not? Why do many targets fall so easily when they are under character attack? How can one prevent attacks and defend against them? The Routledge Handbook of Character Assassination and Reputation Management offers the first comprehensive examination of character assassination. Moving beyond studying corporate reputation management and how public figures enact and maintain their reputation, this lively volume offers a framework and cases to help understand, critically analyze, and effectively defend against such attacks. Written by an international and interdisciplinary team of experts, the book begins with a theoretical introduction and extensive description of the "five pillars" of character assassination: (1) the attacker, (2) the target, (3) the media, (4) the public, and (5) the context. The remaining chapters present engaging case studies suitable for class discussion. These include: Roman emperors; Reformation propaganda; the Founding Fathers; defamation in US politics; women politicians; autocratic regimes; European leaders; celebrities; nations; Internet campaigns. This handbook will prove invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students in communication, political science, history, sociology, and psychology departments. It will also help researchers become independent, critical, and informed thinkers capable of avoiding the pressure and manipulations of the media.

Contents:

Character assassination : theoretical framework / Martijn Icks, U of Amsterdam, Eric Shiraev, Jennifer Keohane and Sergei A. Samoilenko

Inoculation theory against/as character assassination / Josh Compton

The traumatic psychological impact of character attacks on targets / Eric Shiraev and Olga Makhovskaya

Character assassination as a structurational phenomenon / Sergei A. Samoilenko

Cross-cultural comparisons of character assassination / Eric Shiraev

Character attacks on Dutch revolutionary Adam Gerard Mappa (1754-1828) / Edwina Hagen

Character assassination in the Soviet Union and Russia / Ekaterina Egorova and Elizaveta Egorov

Character assassination of activists in Egypt : ElBaradei as a target / Alamira Samah Saleh

Character assassination and the contemporary anti-corruption campaign in the Chinese military / Zi Yang

Character attacks by Dutch populist radical right leader Geert Wilders / Stijn van Kessel

Ad hominem attacks in Greek politics : the case of the 2015 referendum / Athanassios N. Samaras, Kyriakos Kolovos and Niki Papagianni

The role of propaganda in the character assassination of world leaders in international affairs / Greg Simons

Agrippina, Theodora and Fredegund as evil empresses in the historiographic tradition / Martijn Icks

The character assassination of Marie-Antoinette : defamation in the age of the French revolution / Simon Burrows

Argumentum ad carricare as a mode of character attack : Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live / Christopher J. Gilbert

Corporate character assassination and crisis communication / Timothy Coombs and Sherry Holladay

Country reputation assassination during the Greek memorandum re-negotiations / Neofytos Aspriadis, Emmanouil Takas and Athanassios N. Samaras

The fight for public opinion and memoria in the early Roman principate / Florian Krüpe

The rhetorical and ethical implications of character assassination in the age of McCarthy / Jennifer Keohane

Character assassination and the Nixon White House / Maureen Minielli

Character assassination and persuasive attack on CBS's Face the Nation / William L. Benoit

Reductio ad Hitlerum as a new frame for political and geopolitical conflicts / Marlene Laruelle

Show trials in communist countries : psychology of the ultimate cases of character assassination / Martina Klicperová-Baker

Character assassination in Reformation propaganda / Scott Dixon and Anita Traninger

Late night TV humor and the culture of ridicule / S. Robert Lichter and Stephen Farnsworth

Character assassins and moral entrepreneurs : social media and the regulation of morality / Chris Ingraham and Joshua Reeves

Psychological traits of character assassins : studies in cyber-aggression / Olga Bogolyubova

Character assassination as scapegoating : the dentist who killed Cecil the Lion / Casey Schmitt

Character assassination by memes : mosquitos versus elephants / Jens Seiffert-Brockmann

Conclusions and future research / Sergei A. Samoilenko, Jennifer Keohane, Martijn Icks, Eric Shiraev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2020).

ISBN:

9781315150178

1315150174

9781351368315

1351368311

9781351368322

135136832X

9781351368339

1351368338

OCLC:

1105736860

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