What is Tea Party Movement

Communication and the media count among the means political movements employ in order to influence public opinion. This chapter focuses on the use of internet communication by the Tea Party, a radical movement that re-energized the American right-wing. The authors aim to shed light on the ideological discourse of the Tea Party and its strategic use of online media. The analysis of the Tea Party's discourse is performed in light of the specific ideological tenets and the reactionary narrative that inspire the movement. The study indicates that a consistently “on-message” anti-government libertarianism has found a new outlet on the internet.