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Politics and the media

Making fun of Trump (and creating a better world too)

September 17, 2026

Mexico's media labels need an audience test

September 16, 2026

What The Economist magazine's coverage reveals about the European Council 

February 12, 2026

Why citizen groups outpace business in EU agenda-setting

October 1, 2025

Gulf of America: rewriting the rules of public discourse

April 8, 2025
February 25, 2025

How internet speed shapes electoral preferences in Ukraine

Victoria Portnaya In Ukraine, politics is deeply polarised, and elections have long reflected regional divides. Around the world, the internet has transformed political engagement, and digital access may be playing an increasingly important role in Ukrainian politics. Victoria Portnaya speculates on the effects of internet speed on voters’ electoral preferences Read more
December 18, 2024

How livestreaming helped save South Korean democracy

Yuting Alina He South Korean democracy recently escaped the imposition of martial law. The turnaround, argues argues Yuting Alina He, was helped by the livestreaming of events as they unfolded in Seoul. Livestreaming may not be new, but it has recently developed into a powerful instrument of political mobilisation and change Read more
September 3, 2024

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

Jacob Wentz Jacob Wentz analyses populist rhetoric and communication strategies in the election campaigns of Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. Both leaders adopt similar approaches, criticising traditional media, personalising politics, and using language that marginalises immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community. We should not, he argues, underestimate the power of their rhetoric. Read more
June 14, 2024

Fresh evidence of how news media set the agenda on immigration

João Miguel de Carvalho The media is not a neutral actor in immigration debates. It shapes how much we think about immigration but not our positions towards it, write João Carvalho, Mariana Carmo Duarte and Didier Ruedin Read more
April 22, 2024

🔮 Exploring populist supporters’ complex relationship with journalism

Clara Juarez Miro Supporters of populist parties endorse rhetoric that antagonises the press, yet they are also avid consumers of news. Clara Juarez Miro explores populist supporters' paradoxical relationship with journalism. Her research shows how central are emotion and social identities to populist supporters’ worldviews – and this shapes their perspectives on journalism Read more

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