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Format: 1 online resource (341 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 90-272-4974-1

Series Statement: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Series ; v.101

Content: This book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media.

Note: Intro -- Voices of Supporters -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Aims and research questions -- Background to the 2019 EU elections -- Why focus on the 2019 EU elections? -- Why analyse the voices of supporters? -- Why look at social media? -- Methodologies -- Collaborating on a multi-authored book -- Overview of the chapters -- Germany -- Austria -- Hungary -- Croatia and Slovenia -- Italy -- Spain -- France -- England and Wales -- Scotland -- Sweden -- Chapter 2 Populism and populism studies -- Introduction -- Theorising populism -- Definitions -- Populism and/as discourse -- The rise of populism and the role of voters and supporters -- Discourse analytical research on populism -- Populist voices on social media -- Populist voices in Europe -- Voices of supporters of populism -- Chapter 3 Germany -- Introduction -- The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) -- Data and method -- Data analysis -- The original AfD posts -- Motivation to vote AfD, or constructing the political self -- Agreeing with the party programme -- Putting hope in the AfD as the saviour of Germany -- Showing (unconditional) love for the AfD -- Constructing ingroups and outgroups -- Constructing the ingroup -- Constructing the enemy within -- Constructing the enemy within -- Constructing the enemy outside -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Austria -- Introduction -- The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) -- History of the FPÖ -- The FPÖ's discourse -- Data and methods -- Data analysis -- Austria(ns) as ingroup and voting motivation -- The FPÖ and its supporters -- The Other -- The EU -- Refugees, foreigners and Islam -- Political opponents -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Hungary -- Introduction -- The 2019 European Parliament election results in Hungary -- Fidesz -- The party's Facebook campaign in the EP election. , A major driving force for supporters -- Data collection and method of analysis -- Analysis and discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Croatia and Slovenia -- Introduction and background -- Material, methods and theoretical framework -- Voices of Croatian populist supporters -- Živi zid -- Facebook comments triggered by the ŽZ election video in May 2019 -- The election video -- Social actors' representation, positioning, and recurring topics in the comments -- Supporters' motivation -- The ingroup and their Others -- Voices of Slovenian supporters -- Right-wing supporters' voices in online comments -- Recurring topics and representation -- Identity construction -- Supporters' motivation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 7 Italy -- Introduction -- Background -- Theoretical framework and methodology -- Methods of analysis -- Operational notes -- Results -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8 Spain -- Introduction -- Context -- Data and method -- Analysis -- Construction of the ingroup -- The ingroup and the party -- The ingroup and the heartland -- The outgroup -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 9 France -- Introduction -- From far-right extremist Front National to right-wing populist Rassemblement National -- The 2019 European elections in France -- Data collection -- Theory and methods -- Analysis -- Populist issues and lines of argumentation -- Likes and retweets of populist issues -- Recontextualisation of issues and lines of argumentation -- The construction of populist identity -- Constructing the ethos of a populist leader -- Identity construction in view of self and others -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 10 England and Wales -- Introduction -- Political discourse on Instagram -- Data selection, collection and analysis -- Findings -- Oppressors -- Traitors -- Saviours -- Leader cult -- Discussion -- Conclusion. , Acknowledgements -- Chapter 11 Scotland -- Introduction -- The SNP between nationalism, populism and inclusiveness -- The SNP campaign for the 2019 European elections -- Corpus and methodology -- Analysis -- SNP1 -- SNP2 -- SNP3 -- Discussion and conclusions -- Chapter 12 Sweden -- Introduction -- The Sweden Democrats -- Data collection and ethical considerations -- Affordances of the different social media channels -- Analytical framework -- Analysis and findings -- Most engaging topics -- Supporter positions -- 6.3 Affective and evaluative practices -- Close analysis -- Concluding discussion -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 13 The discourse of supporters for populist parties across Europe -- Answering the research questions -- Methodologies revisited -- Ethical considerations -- Contributions, limitations and outlook -- References -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Koller, Veronika Voices of Supporters Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2023 ISBN 9789027213884

Language: English