Populism and social media: how politicians spread a fragmented ideology

Engesser, Sven; Ernst, Nicole; Esser, Frank; Büchel, Florin

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2016.1207697

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“…Populist politicians capitalize on the powerful influence of social media on citizens' opinion formation by disseminating populist ideas such as attacking the elites, advocating for the people or ostracizing others on channels like Facebook and Twitter (Engesser et al, 2016).…”

Section: The Effects Of Populist Blame Attributions On Social Mediamentioning

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“…Capitalizing on this unbounded freedom of expression, ordinary citizens and politicians frequently use social media to stress the divide between the blameless, hardworking people as in-group and culprit others as out-groups. Doing so, they frequently disseminate a populist view among their audience (Engesser, Ernst, Esser, & Büchel, 2016;Mudde, 2004;Taggart, 2000). The following Facebook message, posted on the US Tea Party's community page, provides an example of such a populist expression communicated by an ordinary citizen: 'Obama doesn't care about ordinary citizens!…”

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It’s us against them: a comparative experiment on the effects of populist messages communicated via social media

Hameleers

Schmuck

2017

Information, Communication & Society

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It’s us against them: a comparative experiment on the effects of populist messages communicated via social media

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Schmuck

2017

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“…Trump, like other populist politicians, has been highly successful at mobilising support through his use of Twitter (Engesser et al, 2017), and his tweets have, in turn, attracted extensive media coverage. The increasing prominence of social media shapes not just the content of mainstream media, but also their affective style.…”

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Media coverage of shifting emotional regimes: Donald Trump’s angry populism

Wahl‐Jorgensen

2018

Media, Culture & Society

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Against the backdrop of the new populism, this article takes a closer look at the role of anger in media coverage of Trump’s inauguration. The article suggests that Trump’s rise heralds a shift in prevailing ‘emotional regime’ towards what I will refer to as ‘angry populism’. Angry populism – embodied by Trump – is based on a rhetoric which seeks broad appeal through the deliberate expression of anger. Adopted as an interpretive framework in media coverage, it suggests that the anger of Trump, his supporters and his opponents is both salient and relevant to political life.

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“…3 Communicating populism A handful of authors have more recently addressed a new aspect of populism, namely the way it communicates its message and influences political opinions and attitudes (Alvares and Dahlgren, 2016;Burack et al 2012;Hameleers and Schmuck, 2017;Engesser et al, 2017;Krämer, 2017;Higgins, 2017;. Populism has, in fact, taken advantage of Internet to spread its message and twist the public opinion since the beginning of Internet's birth (Bimber, 1998), with the purpose of "restructur [ing] political power in a populist direction" (p 143).…”

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A Portuguese exception to right-wing populism

Silva¹

2018

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Many European countries have witnessed the rise of right-wing (nativist and authoritarian) populist parties over the last few years, which have gained significant votes and sometimes threatened the position of traditional parties. In Portugal, however, right-wing populism has failed to gain electoral support, and the populist discourse is scarcely found in Portuguese politics. In this comment, we offer four tentative hypotheses that explain why right-wing parties with a populist discourse are not present in Portugal: low levels of Eurospecticism, low immigration rates, lack of political space to develop, and lower engagement in communicating that same populism. We conclude that these dynamics create a special balance, and a rather specific political situation in Portugal that does not facilitate the spread of right-wing populism. This balance, we also argue, may be compromised if any of these dynamics suddenly change, potentially paving the way for right-wing populists in Portugal to achieve more political prominence.

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Populism and social media: how politicians spread a fragmented ideology

Cited by 634 publications

References 39 publications

It’s us against them: a comparative experiment on the effects of populist messages communicated via social media

It’s us against them: a comparative experiment on the effects of populist messages communicated via social media

Media coverage of shifting emotional regimes: Donald Trump’s angry populism

A Portuguese exception to right-wing populism

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