Overview
This book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media. The individual chapters comprise a range of methods to investigate data from different social media platforms, defining populism as a political strategy and/or practice, realised in discourse, that is based on a dichotomy between “the people”, who are unified by their will, and an out-group whose actions are not in the interest of the people, with a leader safeguarding the interests of the people against the out-group. The book identifies what motivates people to vote for populist parties, what role national identities and values play in those motivations, and how the social media postings of populist parties are recontextualised in supporters’ comments to serve as a voting motivation.
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Author: Veronika Koller (Lancaster University) ,
Natalia Borza (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) ,
Massimiliano Demata (University of Turin) ,
Laura Filardo-Llamas (Universidad de Valladolid)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume: 101
Weight: 0.750kg
ISBN: 9789027213884
ISBN 10: 9027213887
Pages: 333
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This book makes a significant contribution to discourse analytic research on populism. [...] This book conducts a multimodal analysis of the voices of populist supporters on social media, offering a comprehensive examination of the resurgent populism phenomenon. It makes a substantial contribution to understanding the motivations behind individuals voting for populist parties. This book is a valuable addition to the existing literature on discourse analytic research and serves as an ideal resource for scholars interested in this field of study. -- Shuqiong Wu and Shiyu Chen, Sichuan International Studies University, in Journal of Language and Sexuality 23:6 (2024).
This book makes a significant contribution to discourse analytic research on populism. [...] This book conducts a multimodal analysis of the voices of populist supporters on social media, offering a comprehensive examination of the resurgent populism phenomenon. It makes a substantial contribution to understanding the motivations behind individuals voting for populist parties. This book is a valuable addition to the existing literature on discourse analytic research and serves as an ideal resource for scholars interested in this field of study. -- Shuqiong Wu and Shiyu Chen, Sichuan International Studies University, in Journal of Language and Politics 23:6 (2024).
