| Other author/creator | Jeppesen, Sandra, contributor, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Hoechsmann, Michael, contributor, editor. |
| Other author/creator | ulthiin, iowyth hezel, contributor, editor. |
| Other author/creator | VanDyke, David (Data scientist), contributor, editor. |
| Other author/creator | McKee, Miranda, contributor, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Giroux, Henry A. contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Kumanyika, Chenjerai, contributor. |
| Series |
Politics, media and political communication
Politics, media and political communication. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Introduction: The cascading crises propelling the Capitol riots / Sandra Jeppesen, Michael Hoechsmann and iowyth hezel ulthiin -- Against apartheid pedagogy in the age of white supremacy / Henry Giroux -- Mediatized visions of a nation on fire : negotiating truth under shifting epistemic conditions / Michael Hoechsmann -- Mapping the events of the Capitol riots in time and space / iowyth hezel ulthiin, Miranda McKee and David VanDyke -- Coded data : tracking discursive trends in the January 6 Parler data / David VanDyke -- Photographing the spectacle : curating a crisis / Miranda McKee -- Awakening the beast at the Capitol riots : affect, cruelty, and QAnon / iowyth hezel ulthiin -- Performance crime and self-surveillant subjects in the Capitol riots / Sandra Jeppesen -- Tailgaters and militants : unpacking masculinities at the Capital riots / Michael Hoechsmann and David VanDyke -- Alt-Right QAMoms, mobilizers, militias, and martyrs : women of the Capitol riots / iowyth hezel ulthiin and Sandra Jeppesen -- Race, riots, and the political imaginary / Chenjerai Kumanyika. |
| Abstract |
"The Capitol Riots maps out the events of the January 6, 2021 insurrectionary riots at the United States Capitol building, providing context for understanding the contributing factors and ongoing implications of the uprising. This definitive text explores the rise of populism, disinformation, conspiracy theories, the alt-right, and white supremacy during the lead-up to and planning of the Stop the Steal campaign, as well as the complex interplay during the riots of political performances, costumes, objectives, communications, digital media, datafication, race, gender, and-ultimately-power. Assembling raw data from social media, selfie photos and videos, and mainstream journalism, the authors develop a timeline and data visualizations representing the events. They delve into the complex, openly shared narratives, motivations, and actions of people on the ground that day who violated the symbolic center of U.S. democracy. An analysis of visual data reveals an affective outpouring of mutually amplifying expressions of frustration, fear, hate, anger, and anomie that correspond to similar logics and counter-logics in the polarized and chaotic contemporary media environment that has only been intensified by COVID-19 lockdowns, conspiracy theories, and a call to action at the Capitol from the outgoing POTUS and his inner circle. The book will appeal to both a general audience of those curious about how and why the Capitol riots unfolded and to students and scholars of communications, political science, media studies, sociology, education, surveillance studies, digital humanities, gender studies, critical whiteness studies, and datafication studies. It will also find an audience within computer science and technology studies through its approach to big data, data visualization, AI, algorithms, data tracking, and other data sciences"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Capitol riots London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781003246862 |
| LCCN | 2021056859 |
| ISBN | 9781032160405 |
| ISBN | 1032160403 |
| ISBN | 9781032160429 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 103216042X |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
