ATLANTA — Georgia State University PhD Candidate and Transcultural Conflict and Violence Initiative (TCV) Presidential Fellow, Keyu Alexander Glanz was cited in South China Morning Post article on the rhetorical style of the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the discussion about her image and influence in Chinese social media.
The article which dives into the response to the White House Press Secretary, Glanz said. “She is only 27 years old and the youngest White House press secretary; she is also white and blonde,” Glanz continued. “Her assertive and combative rhetoric, her young age, and nice-looking appearance formed a kind of eye-grabbing contrast, which appealed to the Chinese social media.”
“In an era where mainstream media are stigmatized as elite-representing fake news, social media users, from China or other countries and regions, may really see her talking points as convincing and compelling,”