Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context

(1) In a context of an unprecedented global pandemic, an analysis of the effects of political disinformation on audiences is needed. The U.S. election process culminating in the official proclamation of Joe Biden as president has led to an increase in the public’s distrust of politics and its leader...

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Autores: Pérez Curiel, Concha, Domínguez-García, Ricardo, Jiménez-Marín, Gloria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2030020
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Palabra clave:Audience
Disinformation
Elections
Media
Polls
Populism
Politics
Speech
Twitter
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spelling Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 ContextPérez Curiel, ConchaDomínguez-García, RicardoJiménez-Marín, GloriaAudienceDisinformationElectionsMediaPollsPopulismPoliticsSpeechTwitter(1) In a context of an unprecedented global pandemic, an analysis of the effects of political disinformation on audiences is needed. The U.S. election process culminating in the official proclamation of Joe Biden as president has led to an increase in the public’s distrust of politics and its leaders, as public opinion polls show. In this context, the change in the electorate’s attitude towards Donald Trump, throughout the legislature and especially after the elections, stands out. So, the objective of this research was to determine, through the measurement of surveys, the views of the electorate on the behavior of the Republican candidate and the possible causes that determine the loss of confidence in his speeches and comments. (2) The methodology, a comparative quantitativequalitative approach, analyzed the responses collected by Pew Research waves 78 and 80 (2020 and2021). Specifically, the surveys analyzed were 11,818 U.S. adults in the case of the American Trends Panel 2020 and 5360 in the case of the same panel for 2021. (3) Results showed the change of positionof the electorate, especially Republicans, in the face of the policy of delegitimization of the processand Trump’s populist messages on Twitter. (4) Conclusions pointed in two directions: society has decided not to trust Trump, while at the same time showing distrust about the correct management of the electoral ballot. MDPIPeriodismo IIComunicación Audiovisual y PublicidadSEJ619: Communication & Social SciencesSEJ624: International Research of Advertising, Communication and Marketing Mix2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/144388https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2030020reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésJournalism and Media, 2 (3), 335-350.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/2/3/20info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1443882026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
title Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
spellingShingle Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
Pérez Curiel, Concha
Audience
Disinformation
Elections
Media
Polls
Populism
Politics
Speech
Twitter
title_short Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
title_full Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
title_fullStr Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
title_full_unstemmed Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
title_sort Public Sphere and Misinformation in the U.S. Election: Trump’s Audience and Populism Indicators in the COVID-19 Context
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez Curiel, Concha
Domínguez-García, Ricardo
Jiménez-Marín, Gloria
author Pérez Curiel, Concha
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Domínguez-García, Ricardo
Jiménez-Marín, Gloria
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Jiménez-Marín, Gloria
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Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
SEJ619: Communication & Social Sciences
SEJ624: International Research of Advertising, Communication and Marketing Mix
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Audience
Disinformation
Elections
Media
Polls
Populism
Politics
Speech
Twitter
topic Audience
Disinformation
Elections
Media
Polls
Populism
Politics
Speech
Twitter
description (1) In a context of an unprecedented global pandemic, an analysis of the effects of political disinformation on audiences is needed. The U.S. election process culminating in the official proclamation of Joe Biden as president has led to an increase in the public’s distrust of politics and its leaders, as public opinion polls show. In this context, the change in the electorate’s attitude towards Donald Trump, throughout the legislature and especially after the elections, stands out. So, the objective of this research was to determine, through the measurement of surveys, the views of the electorate on the behavior of the Republican candidate and the possible causes that determine the loss of confidence in his speeches and comments. (2) The methodology, a comparative quantitativequalitative approach, analyzed the responses collected by Pew Research waves 78 and 80 (2020 and2021). Specifically, the surveys analyzed were 11,818 U.S. adults in the case of the American Trends Panel 2020 and 5360 in the case of the same panel for 2021. (3) Results showed the change of positionof the electorate, especially Republicans, in the face of the policy of delegitimization of the processand Trump’s populist messages on Twitter. (4) Conclusions pointed in two directions: society has decided not to trust Trump, while at the same time showing distrust about the correct management of the electoral ballot.
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