1st Edition

Understanding Movement Parties Through their Communication

Edited By Dan Mercea, Lorenzo Mosca Copyright 2023
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

In many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the electorate. Contributions to this edited book reflect on the place of movement parties in democratic politics through analyses of their communication. Reviewing evidence from several countries including cases from Europe, Australia and India where movement parties have gained ground in politics, this book illuminates the... Read more

1. Introduction: Understanding movement parties through their communication

Dan Mercea and Lorenzo Mosca

2. Communication in progressive movement parties: against populism and beyond digitalism

Donatella della Porta

3. ‘We do politics so we can change politics’: communication strategies and practices in the Aam Aadmi Party’s institutionalization process

Divya Siddarth, Roshan Shankar and Joyojeet Pal

4. Reverting trajectories? UKIP’s organisational and discursive change after the Brexit referendum

Ofra Klein and Andrea L. P. Pirro

5. Social networks and digital organisation: far right parties at the 2019 Australian federal election

Jordan McSwiney

6. Decentralizing electoral campaigns? New-old parties, grassroots and digital activism

Josep Lobera and Martín Portos

7. Are digital platforms potential drivers of the populist vote? A comparative analysis of France, Germany and Italy

Lorenzo Mosca and Mario Quaranta

8. Still ‘fire in the (full) belly’? Anti-establishment rhetoric before and after government participation

Andrea Ceron, Alessandro Gandini and Patrizio Lodetti

9. Does populism go viral? How Italian leaders engage citizens through social media

Roberta Bracciale, Massimiliano Andretta and Antonio Martella

10. Why study media ecosystems?

Ethan Zuckerman

Biography

Dan Mercea is Reader in Digital and Social Change at City, University of London, UK.

Lorenzo Mosca is Professor of Digital Media and Datafied Society at the University of Milan, Italy.