Michael Mario Albrecht is Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, USA, in Communication Studies. His published works include excursions into popular music, television, masculinity, politics, and the Olive Garden. In 2017, he taught one of the first college courses focused explicitly on Donald J. Trump. His first book is entitled Masculinity in Contemporary Quality Television (2015).
"""Still finding Trump to be 'too much' to handle? Not in this book. Trumping the Media puts media representations, alterations, and power relations related to the ex-President in one place, ready for a critical and cultural reading of an era yet-to-be gone by that remains to be understood in terms of the realities of today's political, journalistic, and entertainment realms. This book is both accessible and deep."" --Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice, Lancaster University, UK, author of Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control (Bloomsbury), and Associate Editor at Journalism Practice ""From the shock jocks of the 1990s to Fox News and social media, Donald Trump's election relied on a right-wing media revolution. Michael Mario Albrecht leaves nothing out in his study of American media in the Age of Trump, challenging us to think of the media as more than Twitter and TV. The revolution has infiltrated professional wrestling, celebrity gossip, and once apolitical activism. It has changed everything about American politics, and journalism will never be the same. Trumping the Media is a must read for those in search of truth in the post-truth era."" --Michael Patrick Cullinane, Professor of U.S. History, University of Roehampton, London, UK"