ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book attempts to highlight and contextualise the key themes, questions, and debates relevant to media, mis/disinformation, and populism. It provides an insight into media use by populists and others by presenting an overview of the main debates about misinformation and disinformation within a political communication context. The book examines the major forms of alt-right media and outlines how the alt-right differed from earlier iterations of the white nationalist movement. It analyses the role of media and journalism platforms in misinformation and disinformation. The book shows how anti-immigrant disinformation has a long and worldwide history and how a diverse network of actors push anti-immigrant disinformation, bolstering and promoting anti-immigrant attitudes among the wider public. It also presents a selection of studies that explore the linkages between media and populism around news coverage of particular political events in different contexts.
