TY - JOUR
T1 - Start Spreading the News
T2 - A Comparative Experiment on the Effects of Populist Communication on Political Engagement in Sixteen European Countries
AU - Hameleers, Michael
AU - Bos, Linda
AU - Fawzi, Nayla
AU - Reinemann, Carsten
AU - Andreadis, Ioannis
AU - Corbu, Nicoleta
AU - Schemer, Christian
AU - Schulz, Anne
AU - Shaefer, Tamir
AU - Aalberg, Toril
AU - Axelsson, Sofia
AU - Berganza, Rosa
AU - Cremonesi, Cristina
AU - Dahlberg, Stefan
AU - de Vreese, Claes H.
AU - Hess, Agnieszka
AU - Kartsounidou, Evangelia
AU - Kasprowicz, Dominika
AU - Matthes, Joerg
AU - Negrea-Busuioc, Elena
AU - Ringdal, Signe
AU - Salgado, Susana
AU - Sanders, Karen
AU - Schmuck, Desirée
AU - Stromback, Jesper
AU - Suiter, Jane
AU - Boomgaarden, Hajo
AU - Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren
AU - Weiss-Yaniv, Naama
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Although populist communication has become pervasive throughout Europe, many important questions on its political consequences remain unanswered. First, previous research has neglected the differential effects of populist communication on the Left and Right. Second, internationally comparative studies are missing. Finally, previous research mostly studied attitudinal outcomes, neglecting behavioral effects. To address these key issues, this paper draws on a unique, extensive, and comparative experiment in sixteen European countries (N = 15,412) to test the effects of populist communication on political engagement. The findings show that anti-elitist populism has the strongest mobilizing effects, and anti-immigrant messages have the strongest demobilizing effects. Moreover, national conditions such as the level of unemployment and the electoral success of the populist Left and Right condition the impact of populist communication. These findings provide important insights into the persuasiveness of populist messages spread throughout the European continent.
AB - Although populist communication has become pervasive throughout Europe, many important questions on its political consequences remain unanswered. First, previous research has neglected the differential effects of populist communication on the Left and Right. Second, internationally comparative studies are missing. Finally, previous research mostly studied attitudinal outcomes, neglecting behavioral effects. To address these key issues, this paper draws on a unique, extensive, and comparative experiment in sixteen European countries (N = 15,412) to test the effects of populist communication on political engagement. The findings show that anti-elitist populism has the strongest mobilizing effects, and anti-immigrant messages have the strongest demobilizing effects. Moreover, national conditions such as the level of unemployment and the electoral success of the populist Left and Right condition the impact of populist communication. These findings provide important insights into the persuasiveness of populist messages spread throughout the European continent.
KW - experimental research
KW - internationally comparative research
KW - political engagement
KW - populism
KW - populist communication
KW - social identity framing
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U2 - 10.1177/1940161218786786
DO - 10.1177/1940161218786786
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AN - SCOPUS:85052220059
SN - 1940-1612
VL - 23
SP - 517
EP - 538
JO - International Journal of Press/Politics
JF - International Journal of Press/Politics
IS - 4
ER -
