Léonie de Jonge / @L_deJonge@akademienl.social Profile picture
Asst. Prof. in European Politics & Society @UnivGroningen researching far-right politics / PhD from @Cambridge_Uni / @DeJongeAkademie / @YAGroningen / @DNPP_RUG
Dec 16, 2019 15 tweets 4 min read
Please excuse me whilst I leave my Ivory Tower, to say a thing or two about the relationship btw the media & the populist radical right. (I did research - findings published in #IJPP: doi.org/10.1177/194016…). (1/n) Just like mainstream parties, media practitioners can choose btw variety of strategies when dealing with the far right:
1) demarcation
2) confrontation
3) accommodation.
These strategies are to be understood as “ideal types”.
Let me explain (2/n)
Dec 29, 2018 4 tweets 6 min read
🔥 My first academic article about the populist radical right in the media in #Belgium #Netherlands & #Luxembourg is out now in the International Journal of Press/Politics. 🔥
doi.org/10.1177/194016…
👇 I interviewed 46 EICs in the Benelux & asked them how they deal with right-wing #populism. Turns out that there are huge differences:
In Wallonia & Luxembourg, journalists adhere to strict ostracism. In Flanders & Netherlands, they are more accommodating.

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