Politics and populism across modes and media

Ruth Breeze is Associate Professor of English at the University of Navarra, Spain, and PI of the GradUN Research Group in the Instituto Cultura y Sociedad. Her research focuses on discourse analysis, particularly legal, political and media discourse, as well as corpus linguistics and pragmatics.Ana M. Fernández Vallejo is Associate Professor at the University of Navarra, Spain, where she teaches Spanish for Academic and Professional Communication. Her recent research centres on language and emotion in professional and political settings throughout digital media, and CSR discourse in digital media.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Politics, populism, media Ruth Breeze and Ana M. Fernández VallejoSection 1: Politicians across Modes and Media Trumpian tweets and populist politics: A corpus-assisted discourse analytical study Aditi Bhatia and Andrew S. RossPopulism and the digital media: A necessarily symbiotic relationship? Insights from the case of Syriza Giorgos VenizelosAchieving results for the American people. A corpus-assisted CDA of the White House website under Trump’s presidency Antonella NapolitanoTalking about populists in Twitter: Politicians’ linguistic behaviour in comments about populists in Germany and Austria Miguel Ayerbe Linares#AmericaFirst vs #primagliitaliani: A Corpus-Assisted CDA of Trump’s and Salvini’s Twitter Communications Maria Cristina AiezzaThe populist contagion. The influence of populist discourses on the political communication of traditional parties in Romania. Daniela Rovenţa-Frumuşani and Adriana StefănelPopulism and popularity in Imran Khan’s 2018 election speeches Saqlain HassanSection 2: People, Politics and Politicians across Modes and Media The discursive construction of Trump’s charisma on Twitter and Reddit Aline Schmidt"You are not one of us!": Online responses to the premier’s populist discourse in Jordan Muhammad A. Badarneh"Happy to be insulted": Offensive language in online discussions of UK radical politics Ruth BreezePoliticizing collective identities: Online news commentaries in the Arab Spring Nahla NadeemSocial networks and the construction of political culture: Where are we looking from? Víctor A. MeléndezNotes on Contributors