Document Type
Preprint
Publication Date
Fall 3-22-2020
Journal / Book Title
Presidential Rhetoric on Terrorism under Bush, Obama and Trump
Abstract
Presidential rhetoric serves a critical interpretive role in defining events, particularly the threat of terrorism. As Richard Neustadt argues, the power of the presidency lies in the leader’s power to persuade. Presidents frame the terror threat by setting the country’s policy agenda. They then try to sell policies to Congress and the public through the pressure they can employ using their rhetoric and their office. This study, based on content analysis speech data ranging from September 2001 to February 2019, delves into why presidents speak the way they do about terrorism looking both at the content and frequency of their speeches. This chapter lays out the main contours and theory of the book, while subsequent chapters present empirical findings.
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-30167-5_1
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot, Cham
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
978-3-030-30166-8
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Rubin, Gabriel, "Inflating the Terror Threat Since 2001" (2020). Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 143.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/justice-studies-facpubs/143
Rights
This book chapter is published in its final form as: Rubin, G. (2020). Inflating the Terror Threat Since 2001. In: Presidential Rhetoric on Terrorism under Bush, Obama and Trump. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30167-5_1
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