Introduction Exploring the Disruptive 2020 Campaign: Contextualizing the Role of the Push for Progress, the Pandemic, and the Insurrection at the CapitolBenjamin R. WarnerDianne G. BystromPart One Disrupting the Status QuoChapter 1 Looking In/Looking Out: Pete Buttigieg's Not-So-Queer Run for the PresidencyBryan G. PepperMitchell S. McKinneyChapter 2 Mediating Race and Gender in Campaign 2020: The Cooking with Kamala VideosTrevor Parry-GilesDivine Narkotey AboagyeJin R. ChoiTaylor HouriganMeg ItohCarolyn RobbinsMatthew SalzanoKalin SchultzShelby SturmChapter 3 Rhetoric of Optimism and Promise of Transformation: Concession Speeches by U.S. Presidential Women Candidates in 2020Julia A. SpikerChapter 4 Partisan Motivations for News Use: Implications for Threat Perceptions during the 2020 U.S. ElectionAndrea Figueroa-CaballeroJulius Matthew RilesChapter 5 Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Family in the 2020 Election EnvironmentXavier ScruggsColleen Warner ColanerPart Two Disrupting the CampaignChapter 6 Political Party Tweets during the 2020 Presidential CampaignDaniel MontezKate KenskiChapter 7 Donald Trump and the COVID-19 Information Environment in Campaign 2020Joshua M. ScaccoJonathon SmithKevin CoeChapter 8 Forced Online: The Promise and Challenge of Relational Organizing Technology in a 2020 State-Level CampaignAshley MuddimanCameron W. PiercyChapter 9 "The SPN Family Votes!": Celebrity Endorsements in Online Fan CommunitiesAshley A. HinckChapter 10 Hope and Fear in a Pandemic: Videostyle in 2020 Presidential AdvertisingKelly L. WinfreyPart Three Disrupting Democratic NormsChapter 11 Donald Trump, Emotional Activation, and AuthoritarianismRobert C. RowlandChapter 12 Reclaiming the Center: Constitutive Rhetoric and the "Moderate Ethos" in Crossover Endorsements for Joe BidenRyan Neville-ShepardChapter 13 Trump's Disruptive Debate: Analyzing the Candidate Branding CostsJosh C. BramlettBenjamin R. WarnerMitchell S. McKinneyChapter 14 Social Dominance, Sexism, and the Lasting Effects on Political Communication from the 2020 ElectionMary C. BanwartMichael W. KearneyChapter 15 Partisan Media and Polarization in the 2020 CampaignBenjamin R. WarnerJihye ParkGo-Eun KimAlyssa N. CoffeyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex