What does populism mean in Belgian media discourse?  A corpus-assisted analysis of the terms populism and populist in French- and Dutch-Speaking media in Belgium

This chapter analyzes media discourse about populism. Specifically, we examine the collocational profiles of the terms populism(s) and populist(s) in the Belgian media during 2019, a year with various elections. Using a corpus-assisted discourse studies approach, we compare the occurrences of the terms in the media outlets of the two main linguistic communities of Belgium: Dutch-speaking and French-speaking. Each dataset contains digital articles with the token populis* collated from an established journal, a serious-popular medium, a free daily medium, and a state-funded medium. We show which... Mehr ...