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- Crisis communication in times of political instability and . . .
Reinforcement of populist beliefs among citizens undermined trust in experts and weakened resilience to misinformation According to survey data, populist attitudes were a significant predictor of political distrust and misinformation beliefs in all countries Populist voting played a similar role: misinformation beliefs were 36% higher on
- Misinformation Campaigns, Populism, and the Role of Journalism
In this chapter, we consider the challenges of misinformation embedded in a wider context of distrust, delegitimizing attacks on journalism, and the prevalence of populist beliefs that emphasize a central boundary between ‘honest’ people and ‘deceptive’ others, including widespread attacks on the media considered as an enemy of the people
- When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right . . .
Is misinformation linked to populist parties, or is it specifically an expression of the populist radical right? To answer these questions, this article studies misinformation as an expression of party politics by drawing on a comprehensive database of 32M tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries, over 6 years, and several election periods
- Have people ‘had enough of experts’? The impact of populism . . .
This study investigated the impact of populist attitudes and votes, as well as misinformation beliefs, on people’s trust in political and expert institutions – specifically, trust in their ability to handle a future health crisis – comparing four countries which were all led by populist leaders during the early stages of the COVID-19
- Populist Disinformation in Fragmented Information Settings . . .
In this highly relevant work, Dr Michael Hameleers illuminates the role of traditional and social media in shaping the political consequences of populism and disinformation in a mediatized era characterized by post-factual relativism and the perseverance of a populist zeitgeist
- Exploring Populism in Times of Crisis: An Analysis of . . . - MDPI
Despite the fact that social networks are overwhelmingly blamed for misinformation, the media system still plays a role in the circulation of fallacies, making it needed to develop a journalistic standard
- Populism and the politics of misinformation - ResearchGate
By manipulating the quality of information, populist leaders have been able to distort political environments and policy areas and spread suspicion against any views that question populist
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