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The art of political storytelling : why stories win votes in post-truth politics / Philip Seargeant.

By: Seargeant, Philip [author.].Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020Description: x, 260 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350107403; 9781350107380; 9781350107410.Subject(s): Rhetoric -- Political aspects | PopulismDDC classification: 320.014
Contents:
I. Apocalyptic politics -- Setting the scene -- Let's begin with the facts -- Popular fiction -- II. Shaping the story -- Explanatory stories -- What makes a good story? -- Dramatic structure -- III. Language and rhetoric -- Spectacle and emotion -- A post-truth lexicon -- Digital disinformation -- IV. Fiction and reality -- The fabric of reality -- Conspiracy politics -- The lie that tells the truth.

I. Apocalyptic politics -- Setting the scene -- Let's begin with the facts -- Popular fiction -- II. Shaping the story -- Explanatory stories -- What makes a good story? -- Dramatic structure -- III. Language and rhetoric -- Spectacle and emotion -- A post-truth lexicon -- Digital disinformation -- IV. Fiction and reality -- The fabric of reality -- Conspiracy politics -- The lie that tells the truth.

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