Artikel

How Do Populist Radical Right Parties Differentiate their Appeal? Evidence from the Media Strategy of the Hungarian Jobbik Party

As they become more successful, populist radical right parties face a tension between keeping their nativist credentials and moderating their appeal to gain new voters. We argue that differentiating party messages to core supporters and the wider electorate allows parties to pursue both goals. We outline and empirically illustrate the previously underexplored phenomenon of selective messaging based on the communication strategy of the Hungarian Jobbik party throughout its lifespan (2006–19) in partisan outlets, press releases and Facebook. Using a dictionary approach, we map the co-evolution of populist and nativist mobilization under conditions of supply- and demand-side changes. Our results show the decline and transformation of Jobbik's nativist appeal, and an increasing reliance on populism. The trend is not uniform; Jobbik relies on nativism as a function of targeting party identifiers or the general electorate in specific media outlets. Our findings show the importance of mapping parties’ programmatic appeal across platforms and over time.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Government and Opposition ; ISSN: 1477-7053 ; Volume: 58 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 84-105 ; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Klassifikation
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Thema
populist radical right
media
Jobbik
nativism
populism
CEE

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Borbáth, Endre
Gessler, Theresa
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Cambridge University Press
(wo)
Cambridge
(wann)
2023

DOI
doi:10.1017/gov.2021.28
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Borbáth, Endre
  • Gessler, Theresa
  • Cambridge University Press

Entstanden

  • 2023

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