ABSTRACT
The studies in this volume conceptualize populism as a type of political communication and investigate it comparatively, focusing on (a) politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions, (b) media coverage, and (c) effects on citizens.
This book presents findings from several large-scale internationally comparative empirical studies, funded by the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST), focusing on communication and the media within the context of populism and populist political communication in Europe. The studies are based on comparative interview studies with journalists and politicians, a large-scale comparative content analysis, and a comparative cross-country experiment using nationally representative online-surveys over 15 countries. The book also includes advice for stakeholders like politicians, the media, and citizens about how to deal with the challenge of populist political communication.
This enlightening volume is ‘populist’ in the best sense and will be an essential text for any scholar in political science, communication science, media studies, sociology and philosophy with an interest in populism and political communication. It does not assume specialist knowledge and will remain accessible and engaging to students, practitioners and policymakers.
Chapters 1 and 12 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|14 pages
Introduction
part I|54 pages
Populism and Communicators
chapter 2|17 pages
Perceptions of Populism and the Media
chapter 3|17 pages
Journalists’ Perceptions of Populism and the Media
chapter 4|18 pages
Politicians’ Perceptions of Populism and the Media
part II|72 pages
Populism in the Media
chapter 5|31 pages
Dimensions, Speakers, and Targets
chapter 6|21 pages
Journalistic Culture, Editorial Mission, and News Logic
chapter 7|18 pages
Event-, Politics-, and Audience-Driven News
part III|92 pages
Populism and Citizens
chapter 8|25 pages
The Persuasiveness of Populist Communication
chapter 9|15 pages
Investigating the Effects of Populist Communication
chapter 10|24 pages
Cognitive Responses to Populist Communication
chapter 11|26 pages
Attitudinal and Behavioral Responses to Populist Communication
part IV|20 pages
Conclusion