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Using a narrative-based approach to explain the failure of Hillary Clinton’s campaign
May 25, 2017In the next few posts, I plan to go deeper into my explaining my conviction that Hillary Clinton’s loss...
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The sheer power of repetition in political discourse
May 19, 2017In the last post, we looked at some rather unique elements of President Trump’s approach to speech-making. Whatever one’s...
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Donald Trump’s radical departure from traditional political parlance
May 13, 2017As we discussed briefly in the previous post, simple sentences and continual repetition of his core concepts are two...
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Emotion and effectiveness in the discourse of Donald Trump
May 4, 2017In the last post, we focused our attention on the power of emotional discourse. As we noted, a significant...
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In search of the power behind Trump’s superficial narrative: Part Two
March 24, 2017As I wrote in the previous post, for the past few weeks I have been following a series of...
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In search of the power behind Trump’s superficial narrative: Part One
March 17, 2017This week, I continue my examination of the effectiveness of Donald Trump’s personal narrative. At first, my plan was to...
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Why Trump’s use of personal narrative served its purpose
March 11, 2017A few days ago, I went to a small ski area a few kilometers from my house. Thirty centimeters...