Populist Disinformation: Exploring Intersections between Online Populism and Disinformation in the US and the Netherlands
The discursive construction of a populist divide between the ‘good’ people and ‘corrupt’ elites can conceptually be linked to disinformation. More specifically, (right-wing) populists are not only attributing blame to the political elites, but increasingly vent anti-media sentiments in which the mainstream press is scapegoated for not representing the people. In an era of post-truth relativism, ‘fake news’ is increasingly politicized and used as a label to delegitimize political opponents or the press. To better understand the affinity between disinformation and populism, this article conceptu... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Politics and Governance, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 146-157 (2020) |
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Schlagwörter: | disinformation / fake news / misinformation / populism / social networks / Political science (General) / JA1-92 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26802793 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i1.2478 |