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- Where’s populism? Online media and the diffusion of populist discourses and styles in PortugalPublication . Salgado, SusanaPortuguese politics and mainstream media have been resistant to the recent spread of populism. This article examines the specific features of Portuguese politics and media that might explain the apparent exception, and puts it to test by analysing the prevalence of populist discourses and styles of communication in different types of online media. The sample is composed of mediated and unmediated messages on immigration and corruption, two issues that are commonly present in populist discourses by both right- and left-wing political actors. Overall, the content analysis shows that although populist discourses are not recurrent in politics and media, social media have amplified the visibility of this kind of dis- courses in Portugal.
- Introduction: populist discourses and political communication in Southern EuropePublication . Salgado, Susana; Stavrakakis, YannisThis article provides the contextual background to the symposium on Populist Discourses and Political Communication in Southern Europe. It explains the symposium’s objectives and introduces the rationale of its articles on Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Within this context, the editors also highlight the specific conditions for the emergence of typical forms of Southern European populism, as well as its distinctive features, focusing on the challenges populism poses to politics and media research. The implications of the phenomenon for the future of the European project are also addressed.
- Populism by the people: An analysis of online comments in Portugal and SpainPublication . Fernández-García, Belén; Salgado, SusanaThere exists a gap in research on populism which tends to focus on politicians rather than on the people. This research addresses that by assessing the prevalence of populism and analyses citizens’ populist discourse in online comments in Portugal and Spain. The methodological approach is based on quantitative content analysis and co-occurrence textual analysis. The main findings point to a similar salience of anti-elitism in both countries, despite the differ- ent levels of electoral success of populist parties. These findings suggest that more attention should be paid to the views of citizens in populism research.
- The crisis of political representation: the Portuguese case 2002-2015Publication . Cabral, Manuel Villaverde; Salgado, SusanaMost political science research is concerned with the supply side of politics, i. e. the ability of political actors to attract supporters; instead, citizenship research is frequently interested in politics’ demand side, i. e. what citizens ask from politicians and to what extent are they satisfied with party supply. The present study addresses the evaluation of political parties and politicians by the Portuguese citizenry on the basis of a longitudinal analysis of post-electoral surveys as well as other quantitative data allowing us to measure to which extent such evaluation fits the features of the “crisis of political representation” described in extant literature (Porras Nadales 1996). Indeed, in a very recent article on the concept of Democracy, the Greek political philosopher and politician Georges Contogeorgis brings the issue of the crisis of political representation into focus, by reminding us that “the initial political regime of classic Athens ceased to be fully democratic when it stopped being “the citizens’ assembly” to become increasingly a matter of representation, which is by its composition if not by definition an oligarchic institution distinct from direct participation in the polity. And that was why democracy left Athens in the early 4th century bc” (Contogeorgis 2017).
- As Presidenciais de 2006: reflexões sobre a interpretação da política nos jornaisPublication . Salgado, SusanaA actual tendência para um jornalismo interpretativo, em detrimento do jornalismo descritivo mais habitual até há cerca de três décadas, leva a que a construção de cenários e antecipação de situações e realidades seja algo muito comum nos media dos nossos dias. Isto significa que já não são apenas publicadas notícias sobre o factual, o que aconteceu, mas também são publicadas notícias sobre o que poderá acontecer.
- Populist Discourses and Political Communication in Southern EuropePublication . Salgado, Susana; Stavrakakis, YannisSymposium on Populist Discourses and Political Communication in Southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain). It highlights the specific conditions for the emergence of typical forms of Southern European populism, as well as its distinctive features, focusing on the challenges populism poses to politics and media research. The implications of the phenomenon for the future of the European project are also addressed.
- Placing Portuguese Right-Wing Populism Into Context: Analogies With France, Italy, and SpainPublication . Biscaia, Afonso; Salgado, SusanaThis chapter examines the discourse of the Portuguese right-wing populist André Ventura and compares it with his close counterparts, Santiago Abascal, Marine Le Pen, and Matteo Salvini. The empirical analysis is focused on the 2021 presidential campaign and looks at Twitter and YouTube as parts of an integrated political communication strategy that are used as tools of exposure and message dissemination. The results show how André Ventura appropriates the features of right-wing populism but adapts those to the Portuguese specific context as a strategy to gain both wider media visibility and popular support.