Start Spreading the News: A Comparative Experiment on the Effects of Populist Communication on Political Engagement in Sixteen European Countries. Hameleers, M., Bos, L., Fawzi, N., Reinemann, C., Andreadis, I., Corbu, N., Schemer, C., Schulz, A., Shaefer, T., Aalberg, T., Axelsson, S., Berganza, R., Cremonesi, C., Dahlberg, S., de Vreese, C. H., Hess, A., Kartsounidou, E., Kasprowicz, D., Matthes, J., Negrea-Busuioc, E., Ringdal, S., Salgado, S., Sanders, K., Schmuck, D., Stromback, J., Suiter, J., Boomgaarden, H., Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K., & Weiss-Yaniv, N. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 23(4):517–538, October, 2018. ECC: 0000014 Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
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Although populist communication has become pervasive throughout Europe, many important questions on its political consequences remain unanswered. First, previous research has neglected the differential effects of populist communication on the Left and Right. Second, internationally comparative studies are missing. Finally, previous research mostly studied attitudinal outcomes, neglecting behavioral effects. To address these key issues, this paper draws on a unique, extensive, and comparative experiment in sixteen European countries (N = 15,412) to test the effects of populist communication on political engagement. The findings show that anti-elitist populism has the strongest mobilizing effects, and anti-immigrant messages have the strongest demobilizing effects. Moreover, national conditions such as the level of unemployment and the electoral success of the populist Left and Right condition the impact of populist communication. These findings provide important insights into the persuasiveness of populist messages spread throughout the European continent.
@article{hameleers_start_2018,
	title = {Start {Spreading} the {News}: {A} {Comparative} {Experiment} on the {Effects} of {Populist} {Communication} on {Political} {Engagement} in {Sixteen} {European} {Countries}},
	volume = {23},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	issn = {1940-1612},
	shorttitle = {Start {Spreading} the {News}},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161218786786},
	doi = {10.1177/1940161218786786},
	abstract = {Although populist communication has become pervasive throughout Europe, many important questions on its political consequences remain unanswered. First, previous research has neglected the differential effects of populist communication on the Left and Right. Second, internationally comparative studies are missing. Finally, previous research mostly studied attitudinal outcomes, neglecting behavioral effects. To address these key issues, this paper draws on a unique, extensive, and comparative experiment in sixteen European countries (N = 15,412) to test the effects of populist communication on political engagement. The findings show that anti-elitist populism has the strongest mobilizing effects, and anti-immigrant messages have the strongest demobilizing effects. Moreover, national conditions such as the level of unemployment and the electoral success of the populist Left and Right condition the impact of populist communication. These findings provide important insights into the persuasiveness of populist messages spread throughout the European continent.},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2021-01-26},
	journal = {The International Journal of Press/Politics},
	author = {Hameleers, Michael and Bos, Linda and Fawzi, Nayla and Reinemann, Carsten and Andreadis, Ioannis and Corbu, Nicoleta and Schemer, Christian and Schulz, Anne and Shaefer, Tamir and Aalberg, Toril and Axelsson, Sofia and Berganza, Rosa and Cremonesi, Cristina and Dahlberg, Stefan and de Vreese, Claes H. and Hess, Agnieszka and Kartsounidou, Evangelia and Kasprowicz, Dominika and Matthes, Joerg and Negrea-Busuioc, Elena and Ringdal, Signe and Salgado, Susana and Sanders, Karen and Schmuck, Desirée and Stromback, Jesper and Suiter, Jane and Boomgaarden, Hajo and Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren and Weiss-Yaniv, Naama},
	month = oct,
	year = {2018},
	note = {ECC: 0000014 
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc},
	keywords = {experimental research, internationally comparative research, political engagement, populism, populist communication, social identity framing},
	pages = {517--538},
}

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