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…
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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.