Submitted by sbennett on 6 May, 2020 - 08:38.
Along with colleagues at the faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Dr Samuel Bennett has written a working paper on populist discourses on social media as part of the H2020 funded DEMOS project.
Pointing to populist parties responding to particular national contexts, the findings reinforce the existence of “populisms” in Europe rather than one populism, with a growing network of right-wing, nativist, and populist actors sharing policies and discourses that inflame Euroscepticism and suggest a weak Europeanisation.
The results cast light on the complexity of the populist phenomenon and the need for better coordination in the bloc, with policies that avoid the one-size-fits-all formula. “Policies aimed at combating populism need to have EU, national, regional and local dimensions”, says Dr Bennett
The project, which kicked off in December 2018, has two chief objectives: better understand populism by investigating under-researched trends in existing scientific literature and contribute to addressing the challenge of populism through innovative and action research.
A full version of the working paper is available here: https://demos-h2020.eu/en/populist-discourse-on-social-media-inflames-anti-european-sentiment
For more information about the DEMOS project, visit: https://demos-h2020.eu/en/about-demos
