The Radical Right versus the Media: from Media Critique to Claims of (Mis)Representation
Abstract: Criticizing mainstream media for their ‘lies’ or ‘fake news’ has become a common political practice on the radical right. Further empirical research is needed to better understand the intricacies of these attacks on media, in particular for the way they relate to criticism of the political system as a whole and to matters of political representation. How do radical right actors construct a sense of political misrepresentation through their critique of media, and how does this allow them to make representative claims? This is what we explore in this article through a discourse analysis of the Flemish radical right youth movement Schild & Vrienden. Drawing inspiration from constructivist theories of representation, we explore the entanglement in empirical practice between two dimensions of representation: 1) between its literal meaning (as ‘portrayal’) and its political meaning (as standing or speaking for), and 2) between representation and misrepresentation. With our analysis, we s
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Politics and Governance ; 7 (2019) 3 ; 165-178
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2019
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De Cleen, Benjamin
Knops, Louise
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10.17645/pag.v7i3.2131
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022082214092615503932
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- De Cleen, Benjamin
- Knops, Louise
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Entstanden
- 2019
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