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Widening the Divide between Them and Us? The Effects of Populist Communication on Cognitive and Affective Stereotyping in a Comparative European Setting
Political Communication ( IF 6.176 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-09 , DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2020.1723754
Michael Hameleers 1 , Nayla Fawzi 2
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ABSTRACT To explain the global spread and electoral success of populist rhetoric, a growing body of research has investigated the content and effects of populist communication. Extant research has shown that right-wing populist communication can activate negative stereotypical portrayals toward the populist out-group. Yet, we know too little about how exposure to populist ideas can widen the perceived cognitive and affective divide between the people and others in different European regions, although this Manichean view of in- and out-groups is at the core of populist ideology. Against this backdrop, we rely on a comparative experimental study in Western, Eastern, and Southern European regions to investigate how exposure to right-wing populist communication can activate the perceived divide between the ordinary people vis-à-vis the elites and immigrants. Our main findings demonstrate that populist communication in some cases widens the cognitive and emotional divide between the people and the populist out-groups, but the magnitude of the effects is small, and we do not find systematic patterns corresponding to regions. Nevertheless, our results have important implications for understanding the impact of populism on the cultivation of polarized divides in a diversified European region. Populist communication may augment societal divides, but these effects are spread across countries and only triggered by some elements of the ideational core of populism.

中文翻译:

扩大他们与我们之间的鸿沟?比较欧洲环境中民粹主义传播对认知和情感刻板印象的影响

摘要 为了解释民粹主义言论的全球传播和选举成功,越来越多的研究调查了民粹主义传播的内容和影响。现有研究表明,右翼民粹主义传播可以激活对民粹主义外群体的负面刻板印象。然而,我们对接触民粹主义思想如何扩大欧洲不同地区人民与其他人之间的认知和情感鸿沟知之甚少,尽管这种摩尼教对内外群体的看法是民粹主义意识形态的核心。在此背景下,我们依靠西方、东方、和南欧地区调查右翼民粹主义交流如何激活普通人与精英和移民之间的感知鸿沟。我们的主要发现表明,在某些情况下,民粹主义传播扩大了人民与民粹主义外群体之间的认知和情感鸿沟,但影响的幅度很小,我们没有发现与地区相对应的系统模式。尽管如此,我们的研究结果对于理解民粹主义对多元化欧洲地区两极分化分化的影响具有重要意义。民粹主义传播可能会加剧社会分歧,但这些影响会蔓延到各个国家,并且仅由民粹主义思想核心的某些元素触发。我们的主要发现表明,在某些情况下,民粹主义传播扩大了人民与民粹主义外群体之间的认知和情感鸿沟,但影响的幅度很小,我们没有发现与地区相对应的系统模式。尽管如此,我们的研究结果对于理解民粹主义对多元化欧洲地区两极分化分化的影响具有重要意义。民粹主义传播可能会加剧社会分歧,但这些影响会蔓延到各个国家,并且仅由民粹主义思想核心的某些元素触发。我们的主要发现表明,在某些情况下,民粹主义传播扩大了人民与民粹主义外群体之间的认知和情感鸿沟,但影响的幅度很小,我们没有发现与地区相对应的系统模式。尽管如此,我们的研究结果对于理解民粹主义对多元化欧洲地区两极分化分化的影响具有重要意义。民粹主义传播可能会加剧社会分歧,但这些影响会蔓延到各个国家,并且仅由民粹主义思想核心的某些元素触发。我们的研究结果对于理解民粹主义对多元化欧洲地区两极分化分化的影响具有重要意义。民粹主义传播可能会加剧社会分歧,但这些影响会蔓延到各个国家,并且仅由民粹主义思想核心的某些元素触发。我们的研究结果对于理解民粹主义对多元化欧洲地区两极分化分化的影响具有重要意义。民粹主义传播可能会加剧社会分歧,但这些影响会蔓延到各个国家,并且仅由民粹主义思想核心的某些元素触发。
更新日期:2020-03-09
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