Extreme parties and populism: an analysis of Facebook and Twitter across six countries

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Beitragende

  • Nicole Ernst - , Universität Zürich (Autor:in)
  • Sven Engesser - , Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, Universität Zürich (Autor:in)
  • Florin Büchel - , Universität Zürich (Autor:in)
  • Sina Blassnig - , Universität Zürich (Autor:in)
  • Frank Esser - , Universität Zürich (Autor:in)

Abstract

Parties are adapting to the new digital environment in many ways; however, the precise relations between populist communication and social media are still hardly considered. This study compares populist communication strategies on Twitter and Facebook employed by a broad spectrum of left-wing, center, and right-wing political actors in six Western democracies. We conduct a semi-automated content analysis of politicians’ social media statements (N = 1400) and find that populism manifests itself in a fragmented form and is mostly used by political actors at the extremes of the political spectrum (both right-wing and left-wing), by opposition parties, and on Facebook.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1347-1364
Seitenumfang18
FachzeitschriftInformation Communication and Society
Jahrgang20
Ausgabenummer9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2 Sept. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Schlagworte

Forschungsprofillinien der TU Dresden

Schlagwörter

  • content analysis, online communication, opposition party, politics, Populist communication, social media