Articles by Giulia Sbaraini Fontes

October 13, 2023

🔮 Populists and the press: a toxic relationship

Giulia Sbaraini Fontes

Populists threaten press freedom and, frequently, democracy itself. Giulia Sbaraini Fontes suggests that while news outlets may have a toxic relationship with these politicians, they also harvest immediate commercial benefits themselves, and jeopardise journalism’s credibility and legitimacy

Giulia Sbaraini Fontes

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Disputas e Soberanias Informacionais, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Giulia works as a journalist and as a consultant for the Global Research Network on Parliaments and People at SOAS, University of London.

Her research interests include political journalism, populism, institutions, and social media.

She tweets @giusfontes

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