The article examines the politicisation of immigration in Europe during the so-called
migration crisis. Based on original media data, it traces politicisation during national election …

Immigration is a hotly-debated topic in many countries around the world. We examine how
immigration-related political elite discourses affect natives' attitudes towards immigration …

The normalization of radical right (RR) politics fosters opportunities for RR parties, but can
also facilitate intra-party conflicts over the 'true'version of the shared party ideology. Previous …

Political parties often mobilise issues that can improve their electoral fortunes by splitting
existing coalitions. We argue that by adopting a distinctively adversarial stance, radical right …

Radical-right behavior is increasing across Western democracies, often very quickly.
Previous research has shown, however, that political attitudes and preferences do not …

Exclusionist positions on immigration have become a key component of right-wing ideology
in most countries around the world. Combining group threat and news values theory, this …

Political parties address the public through multiple communication channels
simultaneously, but this is not reflected in contemporary research. It is largely unclear how …

Lectures and seminars increasingly strive for continuous interactions between learners and
the instructor. I study whether the communication program Slack contributes to these goals …

The 2019 Swiss national elections were characterized by the unusual prominence of two
issues, environment and gender, whereas two staples of Swiss politics, immigration and …

When mainstream parties accommodate radical-right parties, do citizens grow more
concerned about immigration? Based on a rich literature, we argue that challenger parties' …