We are thrilled that the paper by TUDiSC spokesperson Prof. Lars Koch has been extraordinarily well received and has now been viewed 100,000 times on the Springer website.

The article outlines the main features of Donald Trump's "politics of disparagement". It shows how Trump's communicative practice, oscillating between self-victimization and hostility, uses outrage and hate effects as a resource to set a dynamic of communization in motion. Aspects of digital net culture are discussed as well as the performance of Trump's rallies.

Currently, a 2nd revised and expanded edition is being completed, whose research is now also being continued in the research initiative with Leuphana University "The Disruptive Condition".