This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of populism, authoritarianism, and hate speech, integrating theoretical debates with empirical case studies. It examines how populist movements can evolve into authoritarian regimes, exploring the manipulation of media and democratic institutions. The book includes global case studies, such as Turkey, Hungary, and Brazil, highlighting the role of media in spreading propaganda and hate speech. It also addresses the methodological challenges of studying these phenomena and emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary approaches. The book serves as a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, and activists confronting the rise of populism and authoritarianism.
Savaş Çoban is an independent researcher and continues his work with articles on media and politics. His published books include
Media and Left (Brill, 2014) and
Media, Ideology and Hegemony (Brill, 2018).
Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu is a retired Professor from Galatasaray University, Faculty of Communication, where she had worked since December 2004. In addition to being a member of organizations such as ILAD (Association for Communication Research), UNESCO, and the American Institute of Biography, İnceoğlu participated in the Council of Europe's media literacy meetings as a European Commission Expert and was invited as a guest lecturer to Columbia University (1994) and Salzburg Seminars (2003) and most recently to the Center for Media Studies at the University of New Delhi in 2014. She has published many books and is the co-editor of
Journalism 'a Peacekeeping Agent' at the Time of Conflict (Brill, 2018).
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
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
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Index
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