Populist communication by digital means: presidential Twitter in Latin America

Waisbord, Silvio; Amado, Adriana

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2017.1328521

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“…Different actors can thus spread unfiltered information through their own media channels. In line with these premises, recent research has identified a surge in the direct online communication of populist actorswho use Twitter and Facebook to speak directly to their electorate (e.g., Waisbord & Amado, 2017). At the same time, the digitization of the mediascape has resulted in the spread of extreme-right, fact-free sentiments by (discontented) citizens (e.g., Ouellette & Banet-Weiser, 2018).…”

Section: News Media and Ordinary Citizens As Sources Of Disinformationmentioning

confidence: 95%

A Picture Paints a Thousand Lies? The Effects and Mechanisms of Multimodal Disinformation and Rebuttals Disseminated via Social Media

Hameleers¹,

Powell²,

Meer

et al. 2020

Political Communication

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Today's fragmented and digital media environment may create a fertile breeding ground for the uncontrolled spread of disinformation. Although previous research has investigated the effects of misinformation and corrective efforts, we know too little about the role of visuals in disinformation and fact checking. Against this backdrop, we conducted an online experiment with a diverse sample of U.S. citizens (N = 1,404) to investigate the credibility of textual versus multimodal (text-plus-visual) disinformation, and the effects of textual and multimodal fact checkers in refuting disinformation on school shootings and refugees. Our findings indicate that, irrespective of the source, multimodal disinformation is considered slightly more credible than textual disinformation. Fact checkers can help to overcome the potential harmful consequences of disinformation. We also found that fact checkers can overcome partisan and attitudinal filterswhich points to the relevance of fact checking as a journalistic discipline.

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Section: News Media and Ordinary Citizens As Sources Of Disinformationmentioning

confidence: 95%

A Picture Paints a Thousand Lies? The Effects and Mechanisms of Multimodal Disinformation and Rebuttals Disseminated via Social Media

Hameleers¹,

Powell²,

Meer

et al. 2020

Political Communication

159

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“…Using Twitter as a publishing platform enables politicians to attack critical journalists or citizens, which Waisbord and Amado (2017) show for the presidential Twitter use in Latin America. Waisbord andAmado (2017, 1330) conclude that "Twitter has been a megaphone for presidential attacks on the press and citizens. It has provided with a ready-made, always available platforms to lash out at critics, conduct personal battles, and get media attention."…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Do some research, or at least pick up the phone." (Waisbord andAmado 2017, 1339), which suggests a decoupling of the news outlets from professional standards. This tweet is similar in tone and content to President Trump's tweets attacking news outlets.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Concerning President Trump's expressions, Edmondson (2017, 98) argues that "words are one thing, but the legal actions of a vengeful government official against the press are entirely different." On that matter, Waisbord and Amado (2017) demonstrate that Latin American presidential tweets harassing the press correlate with hostility toward freedom of expression and the right to communication. To impede the possibility of governmental restrictions on such subjects, it is critical for news outlets to defend their legitimacy.…”

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A Badge of Honor?

Lischka

2017

Journalism Studies

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News organizations in many Western democracies face decreasing trust amid fake news accusations. In this situation, news organizations risk losing their license to operate and need to defend their legitimacy. This study analyzes how The New York Times (NYT) discredits fake news accusations, which are prominently expressed by US President Trump. A critical discourse analysis of the NYT's news articles about fake news accusations in the first 70 days following President Trump's inauguration reveals four delegitimizing strategies. First, the accusations are taken as a "badge of honor" for professional journalism but are morally evaluated to damage journalism's role as the fourth estate in democracy. Second, using sarcasm, the articles criticize President Trump's capacity to govern and thus question his legitimacy. Third, reporting implies that fake news accusations aim at suppressing critical thinking as in authoritarian regimes. Fourth, accusations are described as irrational responses to professional reporting or proven to be factually wrong, when possible. Overall, reporting in the NYT portrays President Trump as an irresponsible leader risking the well-being of the country's citizens, its journalism, and its democracy, as well as journalism in foreign countries. AbstractNews organizations in many Western democracies face decreasing trust amid fake news accusations. In this situation, news organizations risk losing their license to operate and need to defend their legitimacy. This study analyzes how The New York Times discredits fake news accusations, which are prominently expressed by US President Trump. A critical discourse analysis of The New York Times' news articles about fake news accusations in the first 70 days following President Trump's inauguration reveals four delegitimizing strategies used. First, the accusations are taken as a "badge of honor" for professional journalism but are morally evaluated to damage journalism's role as the fourth estate in democracy. Second, using sarcasm, the articles criticize President Trump's capacity to govern and thus question his legitimacy. Third, reporting implies that fake news accusations aim at suppressing critical thinking as in authoritarian regimes. Fourth, accusations are described as irrational response to professional reporting or proven to be factually wrong, when possible. Overall, reporting in The Times portrays President Trump as an irresponsible leader risking the well-being of the country's citizens, its journalism, and its democracy, as well as journalism in foreign countries.

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“…Twitter data have been used for a variety of interesting studies. The uses of Twitter by populist presidents in contemporary Latin America [12] Furthermore, there exist several Twitter datasets with a clear focus on political election campaigns in countries of the European Union [3,7,13,14]. This dataset has been collected to provide data for one further European country (Germany).…”

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confidence: 99%

The #BTW17 Twitter Dataset–Recorded Tweets of the Federal Election Campaigns of 2017 for the 19th German Bundestag

Kratzke

2017

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Abstract:The German Bundestag elections are the most important elections in Germany. This dataset comprises Twitter interactions related to German politicians of the most important political parties over several months in the (pre-)phase of the German federal election campaigns in 2017. The Twitter accounts of more than 360 politicians were followed for four months. The collected data comprise a sample of approximately 10 GB of Twitter raw data, and they cover more than 120,000 active Twitter users and more than 1,200,000 recorded tweets. Even without sophisticated data analysis techniques, it was possible to deduce a likely political party proximity for more than half of these accounts simply by looking at the re-tweet behavior. This might be of interest for innovative data-driven party campaign strategists in the future. Furthermore, it is observable, that, in Germany, supporters and politicians of populist parties make use of Twitter much more intensively and aggressively than supporters of other parties. Furthermore, established left-wing parties seem to be more active on Twitter than established conservative parties. The dataset can be used to study how political parties, their followers and supporters make use of social media channels in political election campaigns and what kind of content is shared.

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Populist communication by digital means: presidential Twitter in Latin America

Cited by 146 publications

References 28 publications

A Picture Paints a Thousand Lies? The Effects and Mechanisms of Multimodal Disinformation and Rebuttals Disseminated via Social Media

A Picture Paints a Thousand Lies? The Effects and Mechanisms of Multimodal Disinformation and Rebuttals Disseminated via Social Media

A Badge of Honor?

The #BTW17 Twitter Dataset–Recorded Tweets of the Federal Election Campaigns of 2017 for the 19th German Bundestag

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