1st Edition
Barack Hussein Obama’s Presidency Rhetoric and Media Frames
Introduction to Barack Hussein Obama’s Presidency: Rhetoric and Media Frames
Chuka Onwumechili
1. The Power of Obama’s Racio-rhetorical Humor: Rethinking Black
Masculinities
Judy L. Isaksen
2. Image Control: The Visual Rhetoric of President Obama
Timothy R. Gleason and Sara S. Hansen
3. ‘‘To Have Your Experience Denied . . . it Hurts’’: Barack Obama, James
Baldwin, and the Politics of Black Anger
Jeffrey B. Kurtz
4. News Framing of Obama, Racialized Scrutiny, and Symbolic Racism
Srividya Ramasubramanian and Amanda R. Martinez
5. Technicolor Racism or Caricature Assassination? Satirizing White Anxiety About the Obama Presidency
Elka M. Stevens and Tyson D. King-Meadows
6. State of Nations: Barack Obama’s Indigenous America
R. E. Glenn
7. Michelle Obama: Exploring the Narrative
Marian Meyers and Carmen Goman
Biography
Chuka Onwumechili is Professor of Communications at Howard University, USA and Editor-In-Chief of the Howard Journal of Communications (since 2015). He authored/co-edited more than 12 books and numerous academic articles. His most recent work is developing the African Cultural Theory of Communication (ACToC).
