Who are you, the people?
One of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of the best known of these websites is MV-lehti [WTF-Magazine], which claims to exist for this reason. In this article, I investigate how MV-lehti...
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| description | One of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of the best known of these websites is MV-lehti [WTF-Magazine], which claims to exist for this reason. In this article, I investigate how MV-lehti constructs the people, in particular in texts about refugees. I approach the research data by using the concepts of right-wing populist rhetoric. The results show that, in MV-lehti, the people is a constructed and politicised concept reflecting ideas of ethnonationalism and antidemocratic values, illustrating the connection between uncivility, racism, and populism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ca8c379b939d47b081ec5e8ac0aad9d12025-02-02T15:48:50ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192021-03-0142s1516510.2478/nor-2021-0006Who are you, the people?Tuomola Salla0Research Centre COMET – Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication, Tampere University, FinlandOne of the cornerstones of right-wing populist websites is their challenge to traditional mainstream media to give voice to “the people”. In Finland, one of the best known of these websites is MV-lehti [WTF-Magazine], which claims to exist for this reason. In this article, I investigate how MV-lehti constructs the people, in particular in texts about refugees. I approach the research data by using the concepts of right-wing populist rhetoric. The results show that, in MV-lehti, the people is a constructed and politicised concept reflecting ideas of ethnonationalism and antidemocratic values, illustrating the connection between uncivility, racism, and populism.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0006the peopleright-wing populist online publicationethnonationalismright-wing populist rhetoricrefugee coverage |
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