Full Description
This book makes a significant contribution to the study of populism, authoritarianism, and hate speech by offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis that bridges theoretical debates and empirical case studies. By examining the intersections between populism, authoritarianism, and hate speech, the authors provide a nuanced understanding of how these forces converge to threaten democratic governance and social cohesion.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Savaş Çoban and Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
Part 1
Populism
1 Populism, Fascism and Media
Savaş Çoban and Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
2 Recovering Radical Populism for Social Change
Lee Artz
3 Labelling with Populism in a Country without a Left
Jan Křeček
4 Toxic Masculinity and Banal Populism
Michael Higgins and Angela Smith
5 "Supreme Is the People" - Populist Elements of Bolsonaro's Rhetoric
Juliana Gagliardi, Liziane Guazina and Afonso de Albuquerque
6 The Night Has Fallen in Argentina
Pablo Andrés Castagno
7 Communicating Conspiracy Fantasies
Thomas Klikauer
8 In Praise of Civility
Nick Stevenson
Part 2
Populism and Hate Speech
9 Journalism in Crisis: Hate, Populism and Turbulent Tech
Aidan White
10 Banalization as Mediation: Youtuber Franchino and His Hateful Vernacularity
Marco Briziarelli and Elisabetta Risi
11 From Fake News to Hate Speech and Vice Versa: The Logic of Polarization in Information Society
George Pleios and Michalis Tastsoglou
12 Yellow Perils: Pandemic Imaginaries and the Contest for Global Power
Graham Murdock
13 Analysis of Digital Alternative News Commentators' Motives and Their Verbal Aggressiveness during covid-19 Pandemic in Slovakia (January-December 2021)
Hedviga Tkácová
14 Enemies, Heroes, and Hate Propaganda: America's War in Ukraine
Gerald Sussman
15 Trump's Tirades or: Destroying the Golem
Arthur Asa Berger
Conclusion
Savaş Çoban and Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu
Index
