Mass Media and Populism in International Comparison

The 1990s saw the rapid growth in popular support and electoral significance of populist and neo-populist movements in many parts of the world. The various national media were frequently implicated in the success or failure of these movements. This panel seeks to examine relationships between national media and the neo-populist movements in some of those countries by addressing questions such as:

• Under what conditions do a country’s media support or undermine the agendas of populist movements?
  
• What relationships exist between leaders and members of such movements and the media?
  
• Are there structural features within the media that make it easy for them to support political populism?
  
• Are there organizational, structural, leadership etc features of populist movements that make them easier/more difficult for media institutions to deal with?
  
• How might inconsistencies in media treatment of neo-populist movements be explained?

Participants:

Gianpietro Mazzolini, University of Milan, ITALY (Chair)
Douglas M. McLeod, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA (Presenter)
Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp, BELGIUM (Presenter)
Jan Jagers, Unviersity of Antwerp, BELGIUM (Presenter)
Oussama O Cherribi, University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS (Presenter)
Julianne Stewart, University of Southern Queensland, AUSTRALIA (Presenter)
Yoram Peri, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL (Presenter)
Bruce Horsfield, University of Southern Queensland, AUSTRALIA (Respondent)