Encouraging Identification with the Larger Campaign Narrative: Grassroots Organizing Texts in Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign
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DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2017.1378242
Abstract: Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign motivated thousands of people to train, organize, and recruit volunteers to get involved at the grassroots level. In this essay, I study a set of training manuals used during the… read more here.
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Stephen Eric Bronner, The Bitter Taste of Hope: Ideals, Ideologies, and Interests in the Age of Obama
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DOI: 10.1080/07393148.2020.1719732
Abstract: With his latest book The Bitter Taste of Hope: Ideals, Ideologies, and Interests in the Age of Obama, Stephen Eric Bronner shares many of the popular essays and articles he wrote during the Obama years,… read more here.
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President Obama’s Humble Face: An Authentic or a Socially Desirable Posturing? A Study on Reactions to Obama’s Autobiographical Self-Disclosures
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.911556
Abstract: Referring to the mainstream studies based on the personalization’s hypothesis, which positively evaluates signals of dominance shown by leaders, the analysis of Obama’s rhetoric stays a relevant exception. His risky recall, during his political talks,… read more here.
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