From liberal bias to ‘fake news’: Sean Hannity’s election- season media-bashing from 2012-2020
Extended abstract accepted at AEJMC Midwinter Conference (Political Communication Division), to be presented in March 2022.
Abstract: This study analyzes Sean Hannity’s rhetoric about the news media before, during and after the three most recent presidential elections. We treat Hannity’s discourse as metajournalistic discourse (Carlson, 2016) that contributes not just to the public’s understanding and legitimization (or not) of the journalistic profession, but as a political tool. The study aims to gain an understanding of how his discourse about mainstream news media has evolved and contributed to an ecosystem of declining trust in U.S. news media.
Fact or Fiction: Empowering News Literacy as a Leadership Skill
Keith Herndon, Kate Hester (current M.A. student) and Charlotte Norsworthy (2023). “Fact or Fiction: Empowering News Literacy as a Leadership Skill.” Paper to be presented at the Association of Leadership […]
