Articles by Lone Sorensen

May 30, 2024

🔮 Populist communication – style over substance?

Lone Sorensen

Lone Sorensen argues we should pay close attention to political communication in the study of populism. Particularly important is how populist ideology and performance interact in the creation of meaning, how populists adapt their communications to various media, and how they talk about political communication as a democratic deficit

Lone Sorensen

Associate Professor of Political Communication, School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds

Lone has published a book and a number of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on populism, political listening, political performance and mediatisation, all with a focus on digital media.

She currently holds an AHRC Early Career Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship and is conducting a project on digitally mediated climate change politics in the post-truth era.

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Populist Communication: Ideology, Performance, Mediation
Palgrave, 2021
Winner, Best Book Award 2022, ICA Global Communication and Social Change Division

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