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 ...

Verfasser: Michael Hameleers
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Reihe/Periodikum: Politics and Governance, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 146-157 (2020)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Cogitatio
Schlagwörter: disinformation / fake news / misinformation / populism / social networks / Political science (General) / JA1-92
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i1.2478