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Professionalizing Campaign Text Spam: How Technical Marketing Rhetoric Influences Rapid Change to the Professional Communication of Politics
IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
  • Ryan Cheek, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Samuel T. Allen
Abstract

In This Brief Paper, We Report Findings from an Ideological Rhetorical Analysis of the Technical Marketing Materials of Politically Focused Peer-To-Peer Texting Service Companies Peerly, Hustle, RumbleUp, and MudShare. Although Other Studies Have Focused on the Efficacy and Effects of SMS Texts in Political Communication, the Technical Marketing Used by P2P Texting Service Companies is an Understudied Phenomenon. through Ideological Rhetoric, Technical Marketing Constructs Narrative Framings that Control How Campaigns Use P2P Texting as a Political Communication Tool. in the Sample of Technical Marketing Materials Studied, All of the P2P Texting Service Companies Emphasized the Efficacy and Speed Advantages of the Technology. Additionally, Peerly and Hustle Highlighted Grassroots Organizing and Hyper-Personal Communication While RumbleUp and MudShare Took a More Business to Business Tone Focused on Investment Return and Financial Expediency. All Four P2P Texting Service Companies Evince Techno-Capitalistic Ideology in their Technical Marketing Materials, Which Functions to Obscure the Potential Harms and Possible Solutions to the oversaturation of SMS Political Marketing.

Department(s)
English and Technical Communication
Keywords and Phrases
  • Ideological rhetoric,
  • peer-to-peer texting,
  • political communication technology,
  • technical marketing
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Publication Date
01 Jan 2023
Citation Information
Ryan Cheek and Samuel T. Allen. "Professionalizing Campaign Text Spam: How Technical Marketing Rhetoric Influences Rapid Change to the Professional Communication of Politics" IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (2023) p. 190 - 194 ISSN: 2158-1002; 2158-091X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ryan-cheek/5/