Populist Disinformation in Fragmented Information Settings

<p>In this highly relevant work Dr. Michael Hameleers illuminates the role of traditional and social media in shaping the political consequences of populism and disinformation in a mediatized era characterized by post-factual relativism and the perseverance of a populist zeitgeist.</p><p>Using comparative empirical evidence collected in the US the UK and the Netherlands this book explores the politics and discursive construction of populism and disinformation how they co-occur their effects on society and the antidotes used to combat the consequences of these communicative phenomena.</p><p>This book is an essential text for students and academics in communication media studies political science sociology and psychology.</p>