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Politics and the media

🔮 Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni: the power of populist exclusionary rhetoric 

September 3, 2024

Fresh evidence of how news media set the agenda on immigration

June 14, 2024

🔮 Exploring populist supporters’ complex relationship with journalism

April 22, 2024

🎭 Selfie activism: from cruel categories to presentist identities

November 22, 2023

🔮 Populists and the press: a toxic relationship

October 13, 2023
July 20, 2023

🔮 Populist storytelling beyond the buzzword

Kostiantyn Yanchenko Narrative approaches are currently experiencing a golden age in many domains of political science. And yet, when it comes to populism studies, scholars are still rather reluctant to adopt a narrative perspective. Kostiantyn Yanchenko explains why studying populist storytelling can be beneficial for the discipline Read more
July 4, 2023

⛓️ Resolving the tension between academic freedom and EDI

Tariq Modood We must find a way to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression while embracing equality, diversity, and inclusion, including multiculturalism. Tariq Modood proposes a framework for distinguishing between Islamophobia and reasonable criticism of Islam and Muslims. This can serve as a foundation for the desired equilibrium Read more
June 12, 2023

Women politicians in Colombia succeed on Twitter – depending on their ideology

Angie K. González Angie K. González and Carme Ferré-Pavia argue that social media platforms are potential equalisers allowing women politicians to circumvent traditional media biases. In Colombia, female and male politicians use Twitter in similar ways to receive similar benefits. The key variable in inequality is ideology Read more
June 9, 2023

♟️ Authoritarianism and disinformation: the dangerous link

Nikolina Klatt Where there is authoritarianism, there is disinformation. Nikolina Klatt and Vanessa Boese-Schlosser examine the use of disinformation in authoritarian governance and highlight how autocrats use it to maintain their grip on power. But they also caution that disinformation is not exclusive to autocratic governance: spreading deceitful narratives harms democracies Autocratic disinformation tactics Limiting transparency is […] Read more
March 14, 2023

No, issuing a press release is not a good way to get media coverage

Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz Most media outlets ignore press releases issued by policy advocates. Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz, Carsten Jensen, Henrik Seeberg and Massimo Graae Losinno traced the effects of press releases from major interest groups. They rarely identified a direct link to news stories, and often struggled to find any news stories about the topic at all Read more

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