Articles by Zea Szebeni

February 21, 2024

🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism

Zea Szebeni

Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of political mobilisation. Tribalism, they argue, forms exclusive groups around shared values — and it’s gone global

Zea Szebeni

Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki

Zea studies disinformation and alternative epistemologies.

She is also interested in visual politics.

Her recent work deals with the relationship between trust and disinformation susceptibility:

The price of (dis)trust – profiling believers of (dis)information in the Hungarian context
Social Influence

She tweets @zeaszebeni

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