Populism is the key political phenomenon of the 21st century. From Trump to Brexit, from
Chávez to Podemos, the term has been used to describe leaders, parties and movements …

Research on populist attitudes has bloomed in recent years, especially among political
science and communication scholars. While this trend is undoubtedly positive to unravel …

Substantial scholarly attention has been devoted to explaining why voters support populist
parties. Recently, a new concept has been introduced to gauge populism among voters and …

Scholars are increasingly interested in 'populist attitudes', which–studies show–can explain
party support and vote choice. However, current research has not yet analyzed in detail the …

In this chapter, the authors start by presenting the ideational definition of populism. The
ideational definition of populism has three main parts: a Manichean and moral cosmology; …

This article investigates the impact of populist messages on issue agreement and readiness
for action in 15 countries (N= 7,286). Specifically, populist communicators rely on persuasive …

Research has shown that citizens with populist attitudes evaluate the news media more
negatively, and there is also suggestive evidence that they rely less on established news …

Although it is true that populism is a contested concept in the social sciences, there is
increasing consensus around the use of an ideational definition of populism within the …

Populist attitudes are generally measured in surveys through three necessary and non-
compensatory elements of populism, namely anti-elitism, people-centrism, and …

Social media are said to be a core driver of populists' current success. Yet, our knowledge of
how populist politicians use social media is limited. We argue that they can use Twitter and …